Falls Church, Virginia is a small city located in the Northern Virginia region of the United States. It is known as an affluent suburb of Washington D.C. and is home to many government workers and businesses. Despite its small size, Falls Church has a vibrant political landscape with several local political organizations vying for power. Groups such as the Falls Church Democratic Committee, Fairfax County GOP, and the George Mason University College Democrats are actively engaged in policy debates and initiatives on the local level. Moreover, citizens have held rallies to encourage voter registration and turnout during elections, especially during Presidential elections when their votes can make a big difference nationally. There are also multiple candidates who run for public office every election cycle including those running for City Council and Mayor. These candidates represent a range of ideologies from traditional conservatism to progressive liberalism. As such, local residents have numerous opportunities to get involved in the political process regardless of their beliefs or affiliations.
The political climate in Falls Church, VA is moderately liberal.
Falls Church City County, VA is very liberal. In Falls Church City County, VA 81.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 16.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Falls Church city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.0% to 16.9%.
Falls Church city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Falls Church, VA is moderately liberal.
Falls Church City 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.
Falls Church, Virginia: D 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 Falls Church, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,864 contributions totaling $3,880,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,632 contributions totaling $1,813,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $499 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)