Vienna, VA is a part of Fairfax County and is located in Northern Virginia. The City of Vienna operates under the council-manager form of government as do most cities in Virginia. The city’s governing body consists of a five-member elected City Council that serves four-year terms. This Council sets the policies for Vienna, which are then implemented by the professional City Manager who is appointed by the Council. At the county level, Vienna is represented by Democrats Jeffrey C. McKay and Dalia Palchik on the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, Virginia. It is also within the 8th congressional district of Virginia, which is currently served by Congressman Don Beyer (Democrat). Furthermore, Vienna’s mayor and vice mayor are currently Linda Colbert (Democrat) and Edythe Kelleher (Democrat). The active involvement of citizens ensures that the politics in Vienna remain relevant to their needs and wants.
The political climate in Vienna, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vienna, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, Virginia is very liberal.
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.
Vienna, Virginia: r 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 Vienna, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,182 contributions totaling $3,459,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,820 contributions totaling $1,986,066 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $520 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)