The politics in Lake Ridge, VA are strongly influenced by the local government. The local government is made up of several elected officials, including a mayor and city council members. This governing body makes decisions on issues such as taxes, zoning, public services, and citywide initiatives. Citizens can register to vote and participate in elections for these important positions. The mayor and city council members strive to create policies that benefit all residents of Lake Ridge while working collaboratively with other governmental agencies to ensure the growth and prosperity of the town. Additionally, many of the citizens actively engage in political conversations at various town meetings or through their own connections within the community. It is clear that Lake Ridge takes its civic duties seriously and spends time educating each other about the issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Lake Ridge, VA is somewhat liberal.
Prince William County, VA is strongly liberal. In Prince William County, VA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince William county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
Prince William county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Ridge, VA is somewhat liberal.
Prince William County, Virginia is strongly 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.
Lake Ridge, Virginia: r r 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 Lake Ridge, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,146 contributions totaling $611,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,616 contributions totaling $406,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)