Rich Creek, VA is a small rural town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Despite its small size, Rich Creek is an important political center in the state. While local elections do not attract the same attention as statewide and national races, people in Rich Creek take their civic responsibility seriously. City officials are tasked with making decisions about budget allocation, local infrastructure projects, and zoning regulations that affect the lives of all citizens. Local candidates also address issues such as public safety, education reform, and economic development to ensure that Rich Creek remains an attractive place to live and work. Every election cycle brings out passionate debates among residents about who should be representing them at the local level. Whether it’s a mayoral race or a seat on the school board, residents make sure their voices are heard when it comes time to cast a ballot.
The political climate in Rich Creek, VA is strongly conservative.
Giles County, VA is very conservative. In Giles County, VA 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Giles county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.5%.
Giles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rich Creek, VA is strongly conservative.
Giles 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.
Rich Creek, 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 Rich Creek, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,854 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)