Danville, Virginia is a vibrant and bustling community located in the south-central part of the state. Politically, Danville is mainly represented by two main political parties, Democratic and Republican. Since its founding in 1793, the Democratic Party has held a strong base in Danville with their values of social justice and equality for all citizens. This is evidenced by the large amount of Democrats who have been elected to local offices over the years. On the other hand, Republicans also have a strong presence in Danville. They are focused on fiscal responsibility and smaller government that promotes free market capitalism. In recent elections, both parties have had success but overall Democrats remain the majority party. Local politicians work together to ensure that all members of the community can be heard and represented fairly within Danville's political system.
The political climate in Danville, VA is moderately liberal.
Danville City County, VA is moderately liberal. In Danville City County, VA 60.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Danville city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.4% to 38.3%.
Danville city county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Danville, VA is moderately liberal.
Danville City County, Virginia is moderately liberal.
Danville Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Virginia is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Danville, Virginia: r d D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Danville, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 802 contributions totaling $30,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 361 contributions totaling $61,256 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)