St. Paul, VA is a small town located in southwestern Virginia. It has a population of approximately 1,400 and is home to numerous businesses, churches, and schools. Despite its small size, St. Paul is an active participant in politics with the town having a mayor who presides over all decisions made within the city limits. Additionally, the town hosts elections every two years to elect members to its Town Council and School Board. The Town Council serves as the governing body for St. Paul while the School Board works closely with local school districts to make sure that students are receiving quality education. Residents of St. Paul take an active interest in local politics and often participate in discussions on issues facing their community including budgeting, transportation, housing and public safety. Local political candidates running for office are usually well-known by residents due to their involvement in local events and initiatives throughout the year leading up to election day.
The political climate in St. Paul, VA is strongly conservative.
Wise County, VA is very conservative. In Wise County, VA 18.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wise county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 18.7%.
Wise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Paul, VA is strongly conservative.
Wise 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.
St. Paul, 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 St. Paul, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $5,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $5,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)