Fair Lakes, Virginia is a small town located just outside of the metropolitan area of Washington DC. It has a long history of political involvement, as many local and national politicians have called it home. This includes former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who served in the Senate representing Delaware when he resided in Fair Lakes. Currently, the town is represented on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors by Penny Gross, who was first elected in 2003 and was reelected in 2015. Other local political candidates running for office include Michael Frey for Supervisor District Sully and Katie Cristol for School Board at Large. Both are dedicated to improving the quality of life in the community through economic development, educational opportunities and environmental protection initiatives. With its strong political presence and commitment to its residents, Fair Lakes remains an important part of Virginia’s political system.
The political climate in Fair Lakes, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fair Lakes, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, Virginia is very liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Fair Lakes, Virginia: r d 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 Fair Lakes, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,518 contributions totaling $1,304,688 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,883 contributions totaling $1,669,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $579 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)