East Highland Park, VA is a small town located in the heart of Virginia. Its politics are largely shaped by its local government which consists of a mayor and five council members elected to four-year terms. The community is committed to remaining an independent municipality, maintaining their small-town character while also looking for ways to grow and develop economically. Local elections often focus on issues of economic development, public safety, environmental health, and social services with the goal of fostering an inclusive and vibrant atmosphere for East Highland Park citizens. The town holds annual elections for mayor and council seats to ensure that all voices are heard in shaping the future of the community.
The political climate in East Highland Park, VA is moderately liberal.
Henrico County, VA is strongly liberal. In Henrico County, VA 63.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henrico county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.6% to 34.6%.
Henrico county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Highland Park, VA is moderately liberal.
Henrico County, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Richmond Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
East Highland Park, Virginia: R r D D 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 East Highland Park, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,690 contributions totaling $144,093 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $31,763 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)