Fairview, VA is a small town of approximately 2,500 people located in rural Virginia. The town has a vibrant local government that focuses on meeting the needs of its citizens. Municipal services are provided by the town’s elected officials, who are voted in every four years. Currently, the mayor is Frank Taylor and there are six city council members responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the municipality. The city council works to keep taxes low, provide essential services such as street maintenance and public safety, and coordinate with county and state governments to ensure that Fairview remains an excellent place to live. In addition to traditional governmental roles, Fairview's local government promotes community involvement through various programs such as volunteerism and fundraising campaigns. Through these efforts, the town has been able to create an atmosphere of civic engagement that continues to benefit all residents regardless of their backgrounds or political affiliations.
The political climate in Fairview, VA is leaning conservative.
Mecklenburg County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Mecklenburg County, VA 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecklenburg county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 42.0%.
Mecklenburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairview, VA is leaning conservative.
Mecklenburg County, Virginia 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.
Fairview, Virginia: R R r r R R
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 Fairview, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $2,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $26,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $351 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)