Broadway, Virginia is a small town located in Rockingham County. It is home to a variety of local businesses and features a historic downtown area. Despite its small size, the town has been actively involved in local politics for many years. The citizens of Broadway have elected city council members to serve on the Town Council, who then work with other town representatives to take care of the needs and interests of the people living there. The Town Council holds regular meetings and works closely with state legislators and other officials to ensure that the people of Broadway are properly represented in government decisions. In addition, each year residents can vote for representatives from their district to be sent to Richmond to serve in the General Assembly of Virginia. Through these elected officials, citizens are able to voice their thoughts and opinions on political issues that affect them directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Broadway, VA is strongly conservative.
Rockingham County, VA is very conservative. In Rockingham County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Rockingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Broadway, VA is strongly conservative.
Rockingham County, Virginia is very conservative.
Harrisonburg 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.
Broadway, 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 Broadway, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $6,569 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $7,359 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)