Annandale, VA is a small town in Fairfax County with a rich history and vibrant political culture. The town has been represented in the Virginia General Assembly since 1885, with its current Delegate being Kathy Tran. Annandale also lies within the 8th Congressional District of Virginia, represented by Don Beyer. On the local level, there are several county board members that represent the interests of this community. Additionally, Annandale is part of Fairfax County Board of Supervisors' Mason District, currently chaired by Penny Gross. Involvement in local politics is encouraged and celebrated in this close-knit community, and residents make sure their voices are heard as they keep up to date on all relevant political news and issues.
The political climate in Annandale, VA is strongly 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
Annandale, VA is strongly 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.
Annandale, 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 Annandale, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,553 contributions totaling $2,579,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,038 contributions totaling $1,199,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)