New Castle, VA is a small town in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. The local politics are largely centered around the town council and board of supervisors, which both meet regularly to make decisions about the budget and other matters that affect the citizens of New Castle. The Town Council is made up of nine people who are elected by the citizens of New Castle for two-year terms and is responsible for setting policies and making recommendations to the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors is comprised of five members who are elected to four-year terms and are responsible for enacting ordinances, adopting budgets, levying taxes, and setting fees. Residents participate in local politics through voting in elections and attending town meetings. There is also an active civic engagement program in place that encourages community members to get involved with their local government through volunteering or serving on advisory boards or committees.
The political climate in New Castle, VA is strongly conservative.
Craig County, VA is very conservative. In Craig County, VA 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Craig county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 18.5%.
Craig county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Castle, VA is strongly conservative.
Craig County, Virginia is very conservative.
Roanoke Metro Area is somewhat 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.
New Castle, 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 New Castle, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $3,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)