East Lexington, VA is a small town with a population of approximately 3,000 people. It is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, and is surrounded by rolling hills and lush forests. Politically, East Lexington is known to be a conservative-leaning area that tends to lean Republican in most elections. While there are no local political candidates running for office right now, many residents have voiced their support for candidates from both major parties on the state and national level. Residents are passionate about taking care of their community and making sure it remains a safe place to live and work. The election process is taken seriously here, with many citizens actively participating in the voting process every year.
The political climate in East Lexington, VA is moderately conservative.
Rockbridge County, VA is very conservative. In Rockbridge County, VA 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockbridge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 33.0%.
Rockbridge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Lexington, VA is moderately conservative.
Rockbridge County, Virginia 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.
East Lexington, 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 East Lexington, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,017 contributions totaling $558,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,947 contributions totaling $359,763 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)