Culpeper, VA is a small town located in the northern part of the state. It has a long history of strong political involvement dating back to the Revolutionary War. This tradition continues through today with active participation in local politics. There are several political candidates representing different parties who are running for office in Culpeper, such as Mayor, Sheriff, and City Council members. These candidates have diverse backgrounds and approaches to governing the city that can help shape its future. The citizens of Culpeper take their roles and responsibilities as voters seriously, understanding that their participation in choosing local representatives helps create a better community for everyone.
The political climate in Culpeper, VA is somewhat conservative.
Culpeper County, VA is moderately conservative. In Culpeper County, VA 39.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Culpeper county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.2%.
Culpeper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Culpeper, VA is somewhat conservative.
Culpeper County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Culpeper, 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 Culpeper, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,566 contributions totaling $325,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 868 contributions totaling $184,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)