Rural Retreat, VA is a small town located in the south-western part of Virginia. The town has seen a significant population growth in recent years and with it an increased interest in local politics. In the town, citizens have elected several local political representatives such as the mayor and council members to work on issues that directly impact their daily lives. The mayor works with the other representatives to make decisions about budgeting and taxes, public safety, infrastructure, education, and community services. Additionally, the mayor also attends regional meetings related to policy changes and development planning. Overall, the citizens of Rural Retreat are deeply engaged in their local politics and are looking for ways to better serve their community through electing responsible representatives who share their values and interests.
The political climate in Rural Retreat, VA is strongly conservative.
Wythe County, VA is very conservative. In Wythe County, VA 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wythe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.9%.
Wythe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rural Retreat, VA is strongly conservative.
Wythe County, Virginia is very 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.
Rural Retreat, 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 Rural Retreat, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $7,704 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $1,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)