Ivy, VA is a small town in the southeastern part of the state with a population of around 5,000 people. It is served by a local government that is comprised of five members elected by the residents to represent their interests. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in Ivy, VA as the last election was held two years ago. The current members have been working hard to improve the quality of life in Ivy by implementing policies such as creating new parks and recreational areas and improving education in local schools. Residents of Ivy have come together and work together to ensure that their needs are met and that their voices are heard. This has resulted in an overall positive attitude towards local politics and civic engagement with the community.
The political climate in Ivy, 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
Ivy, 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.
Ivy, 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 Ivy, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,877 contributions totaling $4,932,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,610 contributions totaling $615,454 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $382 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)