Concord, Virginia is a small town located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As a part of Campbell County, politics in Concord are largely influenced by larger political trends in the state and region. The current mayor of Concord is Donna Dostert who has been in office since 2016. She has made it her mission to ensure that local citizens’ voices are heard on all important issues facing the community. Local elections typically have a low voter turnout as most residents are content with their current leadership. However, important decisions such as school board appointments and referendums can often be decided by just a few votes, making every ballot cast incredibly important for the future of Concord.
The political climate in Concord, VA is strongly conservative.
Campbell County, VA is very conservative. In Campbell County, VA 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Campbell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.0%.
Campbell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Concord, VA is strongly conservative.
Campbell County, Virginia is very conservative.
Lynchburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Concord, 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 Concord, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 302 contributions totaling $15,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $57,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)