Fauquier County, VA is a vibrant community with an active local politics. The Board of Supervisors is the governing body of the county and is elected by the citizens to represent their interests. The Board sets policy and works to ensure that all citizens in the county have access to services, jobs, and resources they need for a better quality of life. In addition, there are several other local political offices in Fauquier County including Sheriff, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Clerk of Circuit Court, Commissioner of Revenue and Treasurer. All these positions are held by candidates who have been elected by the public and serve as representatives for their respective counties. The residents of Fauquier County take pride in their government and remain very involved in local elections. Their representatives strive to create policies that make life better for all members of the community.
The political climate in Fauquier County, VA is moderately conservative.
In Fauquier County, VA 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fauquier county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Fauquier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fauquier County, VA is moderately conservative.
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.
Fauquier, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Fauquier County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,841 contributions totaling $1,364,740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,626 contributions totaling $48,777,072 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $29,998 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)