Max Meadows, Virginia is a small town located in Wythe County. It is known for its quaint downtown area that features many shops and businesses. The local politics of Max Meadows center around the governing body of the Town Council, which consists of five members who are elected by the citizens every two years. The current mayor of Max Meadows is Michael Burns, who was elected in 2019. Under his leadership, the town council has been focused on improving public safety, creating new jobs and business opportunities, and maintaining fiscal responsibility when dealing with the town’s budget. In addition to Mayor Burns, other local political figures include members of the Town Council such as Kim Rader and Don Terrell as well as State Representative David Meade, who represents Max Meadows in the Virginia General Assembly.
The political climate in Max Meadows, VA is strongly conservative.
Wythe County, VA is very conservative. In Wythe County, VA 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wythe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.9%.
Wythe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Max Meadows, VA is strongly conservative.
Wythe County, Virginia 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.
Max Meadows, 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 Max Meadows, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 240 contributions totaling $13,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $15,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)