In Boones Mill, VA, politics are a major part of the local community. The town is represented by several different political leaders at the federal, state and local level. At the federal level, the town is represented by Bob Goodlatte in the House of Representatives and Mark Warner in the Senate. At the state level, Delegate Chris Head represents Boones Mill in Virginia’s House of Delegates and Senator John Edwards represents it in Virginia’s Senate. Locally, there is an elected mayor and a five-member Town Council that make decisions on behalf of the residents of Boones Mill. The Town Council meets regularly and holds public hearings to ensure that all voices are heard when making decisions for the town. Residents can become involved in their local government by attending City Council meetings or volunteering with campaigns for local candidates running for office.
The political climate in Boones Mill, VA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, VA is very conservative. In Franklin County, VA 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.2%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boones Mill, VA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, Virginia is very conservative.
Roanoke 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.
Boones Mill, Virginia: R R R R 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 Boones Mill, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 187 contributions totaling $6,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $7,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)