McLean, VA is a highly populated and diverse area in the Washington DC metropolitan region. It has a bustling economy and is home to many embassies, businesses, and residents. The politics in McLean are just as vibrant as its business opportunities. The city of McLean is represented at the local level by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the Fairfax County School Board. At the state level, it is part of Virginia's 10th Congressional District and is represented by Representative Jennifer Wexton in Congress. McLean also has an active political community with several political organizations that actively engage citizens in their government, including the Mclean Democrats, Focus on Fairfax, and Our Revolution Northern Virginia. These groups work to make sure that all voices have a chance to be heard when it comes to issues that affect our community such as affordable housing, education reform, transportation infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, economic development projects and more.
The political climate in McLean, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McLean, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax 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.
McLean, 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 McLean, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69,779 contributions totaling $28,363,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18,790 contributions totaling $19,672,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,047 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)