Blacksburg, VA is a small town in Montgomery County with a population of around 45,000 people. As the home of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg is an important part of the local economy and culture. Politically, Blacksburg is known as a ‘purple’ town as it is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. The Town Council is currently a bipartisan body that works together to create policy for the town. Current candidates for political office include Democrat Marcus Hill and Republican Charles Hyman who are both running for mayor of Blacksburg. Local issues are often hotly debated – from education funding to environmental protection – but ultimately, the people of Blacksburg are unified in their dedication to making the community better for all its citizens.
The political climate in Blacksburg, VA is somewhat liberal.
Montgomery County, VA is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, VA 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 45.8%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blacksburg, VA is somewhat liberal.
Montgomery County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
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.
Blacksburg, Virginia: r r d r d d
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 Blacksburg, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25,003 contributions totaling $2,911,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,023 contributions totaling $1,142,432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)