Twin Lakes, VA is a small rural town located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The town's population is estimated to be around 4,000 people and there is a strong sense of community among its citizens. Politically, the town tends to lean towards conservative principles with a majority of its residents being registered Republicans. There are no local political candidates as the area has traditionally not been one that heavily involves itself in politics. Twin Lakes residents are instead focused on creating meaningful relationships with their neighbors and developing their local economy by supporting small businesses within the area.
The political climate in Twin Lakes, VA is moderately conservative.
Greene County, VA is strongly conservative. In Greene County, VA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 36.8%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Twin Lakes, VA is moderately conservative.
Greene County, Virginia is strongly 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.
Twin Lakes, 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 Twin Lakes, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 302 contributions totaling $26,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $27,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)