Leesburg, Virginia is a small city located in the northern part of the state and is home to more than 52,000 people. The local government focuses on providing services to its citizens and investing in infrastructure projects that improve the quality of life. At the local level, Leesburg has an elected mayor and town council members who work with city staff to create laws and ordinances that serve the best interests of the community. Additionally, there are several boards and commissions such as Planning Commission, Parks & Recreation Board, Civil Service Board and Economic Development Authority that advise elected officials on specific topics related to their respective areas of expertise. Residents are encouraged to get involved in the political process by attending council meetings or joining one of these boards or commissions in order to provide feedback and shape policies for their neighbors.
The political climate in Leesburg, VA is somewhat liberal.
Loudoun County, VA is strongly liberal. In Loudoun County, VA 61.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Loudoun county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.5% to 36.5%.
Loudoun county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leesburg, VA is somewhat liberal.
Loudoun 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.
Leesburg, 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 Leesburg, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,264 contributions totaling $2,270,296 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,378 contributions totaling $1,094,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)