The small town of Dendron, VA is home to a tight-knit community of just under 5,000 residents. Despite its relatively small size, it boasts an impressive array of local politics. City council meetings are held on the third Monday of every month and are open to the public; many issues related to public safety, infrastructure, and social services are discussed. Additionally, there are several key positions within the city like mayor and police chief that are filled by the citizens through an election process. These positions ensure that the local government works for the people by providing support and guidance on various issues facing the community. The people of Dendron take pride in their political system as they strive to make their community better each day.
The political climate in Dendron, VA is leaning conservative.
Surry County, VA is somewhat liberal. In Surry County, VA 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Surry county remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 45.3%.
Surry county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dendron, VA is leaning conservative.
Surry County, Virginia is somewhat 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.
Dendron, Virginia: D D D D 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 Dendron, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $4,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)