New River, VA is an area of Virginia located in the western part of the state. While it may not be a large city, it has its own political dynamics and representatives. At the local level, there are several elected officials who serve as representatives for New River, VA. These elected officials come from various backgrounds and have different views on how to best serve their constituents. These officials include members of Congress, state senators, county commissioners, school board members, and other civic leaders who work together to ensure that New River benefits from their collective wisdom and experience. The people of New River value the hard work these public servants put forth in order to ensure their needs are met. They also recognize the importance of having a strong local government that works for everyone in the community.
The political climate in New River, VA is moderately conservative.
Pulaski County, VA is very conservative. In Pulaski County, VA 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.3%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New River, VA is moderately conservative.
Pulaski County, Virginia is very conservative.
Blacksburg-Christiansburg 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.
New River, 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 New River, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 868 contributions totaling $55,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 269 contributions totaling $202,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $754 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)