Woodstock, VA is a small town in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It is a close-knit community with a strong sense of civic pride and responsibility. The local government is comprised of a mayor and five Town Council members who are elected to four-year terms. The Town Council holds monthly meetings that are open to the public, allowing citizens to voice their concerns and opinions on matters that affect their daily lives. As part of their duties, Town Council members create policies, set budgets, approve zoning changes, and work with Town staff to provide services to residents. In addition to the Mayor and Town Council, Woodstock also has two representatives on the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors and several volunteer boards and commissions such as the Planning Commission, Parks & Recreation Board, and Economic Development Commission. These governing bodies play an important role in determining how Woodstock grows and develops as well as providing essential services to its citizens.
The political climate in Woodstock, VA is moderately conservative.
Shenandoah County, VA is very conservative. In Shenandoah County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shenandoah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 28.9%.
Shenandoah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Woodstock, VA is moderately conservative.
Shenandoah County, Virginia is very 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.
Woodstock, 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 Woodstock, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 646 contributions totaling $55,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 494 contributions totaling $95,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)