Arrington, Virginia is a small town located in the heart of Central Virginia. While it is not very well known for its politics, there are still many important local political issues that affect the citizens of Arrington. Local elections are typically held yearly to determine representatives at the county and state level, while national elections are held every two years. Some of the recent political topics include taxes, school funding, economic development, and infrastructure improvements like road construction and repairs. All of these issues have an impact on the lives of those living in Arrington and each citizen should take part in their government by voting and voicing their opinion on these matters.
The political climate in Arrington, VA is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, VA is leaning conservative. In Nelson County, VA 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nelson county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.4%.
Nelson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arrington, VA is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Charlottesville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Arrington, Virginia: r d d d 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 Arrington, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $6,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,314 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)