Wolf Trap, VA is a small town located in the rolling hills of Virginia. It has a population of just over five thousand people and is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor of Wolf Trap, VA is George Caldwell, who has been in office since 2016. The town council consists of seven members, all elected for four-year terms on a nonpartisan basis. Local politics in Wolf Trap mainly focuses on issues related to community development and local services, such as garbage collection and road maintenance. Issues like crime prevention and education are also discussed at regular council meetings. Many local residents take an active interest in their government and get involved with campaigns or attend town hall meetings to voice their opinions about important matters. In addition, Wolf Trap holds annual elections for town council members, giving citizens the opportunity to weigh in on the future of their hometown.
The political climate in Wolf Trap, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wolf Trap, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, Virginia is very liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Wolf Trap, Virginia: r d D D D D
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 Wolf Trap, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,235 contributions totaling $4,679,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,362 contributions totaling $2,828,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $527 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)