Wintergreen, VA is a small town located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is home to a diverse political landscape with many different political views represented in the community. Although the local population may be limited, there is no shortage of passionate individuals engaging in civic and political matters. Residents often gather for public forums and town hall meetings to discuss current issues impacting their community, from education funding to infrastructure improvements. Local politicians are actively engaged with their constituents to ensure that important matters are being addressed adequately. Wintergreen has a vibrant political culture that encourages everyone to get involved and make their voice heard.
The political climate in Wintergreen, VA is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, VA is leaning conservative. In Nelson County, VA 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nelson county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.4%.
Nelson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wintergreen, VA is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Staunton Metro Area is strongly 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.
Wintergreen, Virginia: r d d d 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 Wintergreen, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,476 contributions totaling $442,149 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $91,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $571 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)