Wytheville, Virginia has a long and storied history of political involvement. The town is still very active in politics and local elections play an important part in the community's decision-making process. Local candidates for office are chosen by the residents of Wytheville and their views on certain issues often sway the political outcomes. There are multiple organizations that participate in the various electoral processes such as the Republican Party of Wythe County, Democratic Party of Wythe County, and the Independent Green Party of Wythe County. Each organization puts forth candidates for various positions such as mayor, county commissioner, sheriff, etc. All registered voters have the opportunity to go to the polls on election day to cast their votes for their preferred candidate. The outcome of local elections can have a direct impact on how Wytheville operates and it is an important part of keeping democracy alive in this small Virginia town.
The political climate in Wytheville, VA is moderately 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
Wytheville, VA is moderately 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.
Wytheville, 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 Wytheville, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 678 contributions totaling $35,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 204 contributions totaling $40,323 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)