Belview, VA is a small town in the rural countryside of Virginia that values its quiet and peaceful atmosphere. While the town does not have any major political candidates, their local government heavily influences their way of life. The mayor and members of the city council work to ensure Belview remains a safe place to live by proposing ordinances and advocating for better infrastructure. They also work hard to keep taxes low and ensure resources are evenly distributed throughout the community. Additionally, they strive to bring new businesses into Belview so that residents can benefit from more economic opportunity. The political landscape of Belview may be relatively quiet compared to larger cities, but it still plays an important role in everyday life.
The political climate in Belview, VA is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, VA is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, VA 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 45.8%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belview, VA is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Belview, Virginia: r r d r 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 Belview, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,205 contributions totaling $152,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 802 contributions totaling $440,196 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)