Timberville, VA is a small town with a thriving community and rich history. The local politics in Timberville are led by the Town Council, which consists of seven members elected from the town’s five wards. This Town Council holds meetings on the first Monday of every month to discuss important issues and make decisions that benefit the citizens of Timberville. Additionally, there are other boards and committees that are appointed by the Town Council or elected directly by citizens in order to address specific issues related to public safety, economic development, education, and more. All of these activities are overseen by a mayor who is elected every four years. Though Timberville is small, it has a vibrant political atmosphere that allows citizens to have their voices heard and be involved in making decisions for their community.
The political climate in Timberville, VA is strongly conservative.
Rockingham County, VA is very conservative. In Rockingham County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Rockingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Timberville, VA is strongly conservative.
Rockingham County, Virginia is very conservative.
Harrisonburg 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.
Timberville, 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 Timberville, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 273 contributions totaling $11,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $9,729 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)