Plum Creek, VA is a small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. The area is known for its strong sense of community and its dedication to preserving traditional values. Politically, the town leans conservative, with many residents voting for candidates who emphasize fiscal responsibility and limited government regulation. Plum Creek has a long history of electing local officials who are committed to maintaining a low tax rate while still providing essential services such as public safety and education. Many of these representatives have served in office for several terms due to their commitment to representing the values and interests of their constituency. Despite being a smaller community, Plum Creek residents take great pride in their government and actively seek out candidates that share their vision for the future.
The political climate in Plum Creek, VA is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, VA is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, VA 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 45.8%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plum Creek, VA is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
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.
Plum Creek, Virginia: r r d r 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 Plum Creek, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,337 contributions totaling $96,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 533 contributions totaling $237,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)