Glen Allen, VA is a small town in the Richmond metropolitan area. Although it is a relatively quiet and peaceful place, it has an active political environment. The local government consists of the Glen Allen Town Council, which is responsible for making decisions related to the town's governance. Each year residents of Glen Allen are asked to select their representatives for the Town Council from among several local political candidates. This allows community members to have a say in how their town is managed and what issues are prioritized by their elected officials. In addition, residents also have access to many state-level offices which they can elect officials to such as representatives in the Virginia General Assembly and Senators in the US Congress. All of these roles require citizens to take an active interest in understanding the local politics surrounding their town so that they can make informed decisions when they come time to cast their ballots.
The political climate in Glen Allen, VA is somewhat liberal.
Henrico County, VA is strongly liberal. In Henrico County, VA 63.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henrico county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.6% to 34.6%.
Henrico county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glen Allen, VA is somewhat liberal.
Henrico County, Virginia is strongly liberal.
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.
Glen Allen, Virginia: R r 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 Glen Allen, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,253 contributions totaling $1,380,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,281 contributions totaling $474,731 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)