Fort Lee, VA is a community in southeastern Virginia that boasts a rich political history. The city has been home to many notable politicians and activists throughout the years, and their efforts have helped shape the nation. From its founding in 1608 until today, Fort Lee has been a beacon of democracy, allowing citizens to make their voices heard through voting and participating in local government decisions. The current mayor is Joseph Boles Jr., who was elected in 2020 after serving as Vice Mayor for 12 years prior. He is passionate about addressing environmental issues, increasing public safety, and creating more economic opportunities for residents. Additionally, Fort Lee is home to the United States Army Logistics University, which encourages individuals of all ages to pursue higher education opportunities and grow professionally while staying connected to the community.
The political climate in Fort Lee, VA is leaning conservative.
Prince George County, VA is moderately conservative. In Prince George County, VA 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince George county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 40.7%.
Prince George county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Lee, VA is leaning conservative.
Prince George County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Richmond Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Fort Lee, 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 Fort Lee, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 737 contributions totaling $28,646 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 225 contributions totaling $45,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)