Horse Pasture, VA is a small rural town with a strong sense of community and civic engagement. The local politics in Horse Pasture are shaped by its citizens’ commitment to their community. Residents participate actively in local elections to ensure that their representatives are responsive to the needs of the town. Candidates for office often come from within the community, ensuring that their interests align with those of the town’s residents. During campaigns, Horse Pasture residents rally behind their chosen candidates and work together to see them elected into office. By electing local candidates, citizens are able to maintain control over how their public funds are allocated and how decisions that affect them are made. As such, the politics in Horse Pasture are shaped by the passion and enthusiasm of its people for making positive changes for their home town.
The political climate in Horse Pasture, VA is moderately conservative.
Henry County, VA is strongly conservative. In Henry County, VA 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 35.0%.
Henry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Horse Pasture, VA is moderately conservative.
Henry County, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Martinsville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Horse Pasture, 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 Horse Pasture, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 861 contributions totaling $86,271 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 622 contributions totaling $199,817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)