Fancy Gap, VA is a small rural town with a population of around 1,500 people. The local politics in Fancy Gap are centered around the Town Council, which is responsible for setting policies and regulations within the town's jurisdiction. The Town Council consists of five members who serve two-year terms and are elected by the citizens of Fancy Gap. The election for Town Council positions occurs every two years and is always hotly contested due to the importance of the positions in driving change in the community. In addition to the Town Council, there are many other opportunities for residents to get engaged in local politics such as participating in community meetings or attending Town Hall events hosted by local officials. Community members have a strong voice when it comes to determining what changes they want to see in Fancy Gap and how those changes are best implemented.
The political climate in Fancy Gap, VA is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, VA is very conservative. In Carroll County, VA 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 18.2%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fancy Gap, VA is strongly conservative.
Carroll 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.
Fancy Gap, 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 Fancy Gap, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 479 contributions totaling $17,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $11,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)