The politics in Free Union, VA is an important part of the community. The town holds elections for local officials every two years, in which residents of Free Union can cast their ballot to help decide who will lead the town. The elected officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the town, like passing laws and budgets that will shape how resources are allocated and utilized. As such, it is important for citizens to be informed about their local candidates and their campaigns in order to make informed decisions at the polls. It is also important to stay up to date with political news so they can be involved in discussions about policy changes or initiatives that could impact Free Union and its citizens.
The political climate in Free Union, VA is somewhat liberal.
Albemarle County, VA is very liberal. In Albemarle County, VA 65.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Albemarle county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.7% to 32.2%.
Albemarle county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Free Union, VA is somewhat liberal.
Albemarle County, Virginia is very liberal.
Charlottesville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Free Union, 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 Free Union, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,100 contributions totaling $3,871,868 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,021 contributions totaling $375,093 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)