Nellysford, Virginia is a small town located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Although it is small, politics are still an important part of the community. Every year, local residents have the opportunity to vote for candidates who will represent them in local government. These candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and have different political beliefs, making it possible for anyone to make their voice heard. Civic-minded citizens often volunteer during election time to ensure that everyone can cast their vote and participate in this important process. The local government works hard to provide services to all its citizens and ensure that Nellysford remains a vibrant and thriving community.
The political climate in Nellysford, VA is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, VA is leaning conservative. In Nelson County, VA 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nelson county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.4%.
Nelson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nellysford, VA is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Charlottesville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Nellysford, Virginia: r d d d 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 Nellysford, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,328 contributions totaling $428,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $24,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)