Coeburn, Virginia is a small town located in Wise County, nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. It is a unique community that is home to many different cultures and backgrounds, all coming together to create a vibrant local scene. For many years, politics has been an important part of Coeburn's life, with the townspeople taking an active role in making decisions that affect their future. Local elections are held every two years and are hotly contested by members of both major political parties. The issues discussed during election season range from economic development to education reform. Many candidates have long histories with the town and can speak passionately about how they will lead Coeburn forward into a prosperous and vibrant future for all its citizens.
The political climate in Coeburn, VA is strongly conservative.
Wise County, VA is very conservative. In Wise County, VA 18.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wise county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 18.7%.
Wise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coeburn, VA is strongly conservative.
Wise County, Virginia is very conservative.
Big Stone Gap Metro Area is very 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.
Coeburn, 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 Coeburn, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $15,172 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)