Norton, VA is a small town in Virginia with a population of around 5,000 people. The town is governed by a Mayor and Town Council that sets the policies for the area. They focus on creating a safe and vibrant community and ensuring the best possible services are provided to all residents. Local political candidates come from both major parties, the Democratic and Republican party. In recent years local elections have been quite competitive with both sides engaging in active campaigning to gain support from the community. Candidates are usually focused on improving infrastructure, increasing economic opportunities for businesses and residents, addressing social issues, improving public safety, and other local concerns. Through this commitment to Norton’s success, citizens can expect their elected officials to work hard to make sure their needs are met.
The political climate in Norton, VA is moderately conservative.
Norton City County, VA is very conservative. In Norton City County, VA 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norton city county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 29.0%.
Norton city county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norton, VA is moderately conservative.
Norton City County, Virginia is very conservative.
Big Stone Gap Metro Area 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.
Norton, Virginia: D 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 Norton, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $5,044 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,583 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)