Gratton, VA is a small town located in the state of Virginia. Despite its small size, politics plays an important role in the lives of Gratton’s residents. Local elections are held every two years and are hotly contested by local political candidates. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development are discussed extensively during these campaigns. Through participation in local elections, Gratton’s citizens have a direct impact on their community and can affect positive change in their hometown. The town also takes part in larger state and national elections; each vote cast is an opportunity for Gratton’s residents to make their voices heard on important issues facing the nation.
The political climate in Gratton, VA is strongly conservative.
Tazewell County, VA is very conservative. In Tazewell County, VA 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.1% to 15.9%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gratton, VA is strongly conservative.
Tazewell County, Virginia is very conservative.
Bluefield Metro Area 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.
Gratton, 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 Gratton, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $10,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $21,619 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)