Pearisburg, Virginia is a small town located in Giles County. Despite its small size, Pearisburg has an active political scene. The town is represented by Del. Israel O'Quinn in the Virginia House of Delegates and Sen. Ben Chafin in the Virginia Senate. Both O'Quinn and Chafin are members of the Republican Party and have held their respective positions since 2014 and 2010 respectively. Additionally, Pearisburg has a mayor, Steve Jones, who was appointed to his position in 2017. The town council consists of seven members elected by residents of Pearisburg every two years during November elections. Many important issues such as economy development, education reform and public safety are discussed by these officials as they try to meet the needs of the community.
The political climate in Pearisburg, VA is strongly conservative.
Giles County, VA is very conservative. In Giles County, VA 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Giles county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.5%.
Giles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pearisburg, VA is strongly conservative.
Giles County, Virginia is very conservative.
Blacksburg-Christiansburg 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.
Pearisburg, 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 Pearisburg, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $23,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $3,864 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)