Woodlawn, Virginia is a small community located in Fairfax County. Politically, this area is part of the 8th congressional district, which is currently represented by Congressman Don Beyer. At the state level, Woodlawn is included in the 34th district of the Virginia House of Delegates and represented by Del. Mark Keam. Woodlawn also has representation on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors through District Braddock and Supervisor John Cook. The local politics in Woodlawn generally focus on issues that impact Fairfax County itself such as transportation, education, public safety and economic development. In addition to these topics, local political candidates often discuss how best to serve their constituents with regard to health care, job growth and other aspects of life in Woodlawn and its surrounding communities.
The political climate in Woodlawn (Fairfax County), VA is strongly 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
Woodlawn (Fairfax County), VA is strongly 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.
Woodlawn (Fairfax County), 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 Woodlawn (Fairfax County), VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,005 contributions totaling $554,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,165 contributions totaling $496,821 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $426 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)