Stuart, VA is a small town located in Patrick County, VA with a population of 1,266 as of 2019. The local government consists of a Mayor/Town Council who are elected every four years to represent the citizens. Recent elections have focused on issues such as economic development and improving the town's infrastructure. Local candidates have emphasized creating jobs and bringing new business to the area while increasing focus on public safety and community engagement. Residents in Stuart take an active role in politics, attending forums with candidates and staying current with local news to be informed on what each candidate stands for. As a result, the citizens in Stuart are able to make educated decisions about their local government representatives for the betterment of their town.
The political climate in Stuart, VA is moderately conservative.
Patrick County, VA is very conservative. In Patrick County, VA 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Patrick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.5%.
Patrick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stuart, VA is moderately conservative.
Patrick 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.
Stuart, 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 Stuart, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,233 contributions totaling $72,567 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 252 contributions totaling $29,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)