Manassas Park, VA is a city located in northern Virginia with a population of 14,273 according to the last census. It is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area and is governed by a seven-member City Council. Each member is elected at-large from the entire city and serve four year terms. The current Mayor, Jeanette Rishell, is responsible for appointing all city departments and managing the overall budgeting process. The City Council works together to determine policy on issues that affect the community such as public safety, infrastructure improvement projects, and economic development initiatives. Manassas Park strives to promote economic growth through investment in its downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods while also providing safe and affordable options for residents in need of housing or services. The city has committed itself to actively advocating for its citizens’ rights by working with local government officials to ensure that everyone can participate in their civic duty without having their rights infringed upon.
The political climate in Manassas Park, VA is moderately liberal.
Manassas Park City County, VA is very liberal. In Manassas Park City County, VA 65.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manassas Park city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.6% to 32.5%.
Manassas Park city county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manassas Park, VA is moderately liberal.
Manassas Park City County, Virginia is very 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.
Manassas Park, 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 Manassas Park, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,550 contributions totaling $60,552 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 394 contributions totaling $116,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)