Prince William County, VA is located in the northern part of Virginia and is part of the Washington D.C. Metro Area. The county has a rich history in politics and, as its name suggests, is dedicated to the memory of Prince William III of England. The county has an independent Board of Supervisors that serves as its legislative body and is made up of nine members who are elected from their respective districts to serve four-year terms. There are also numerous local political organizations such as the Prince William County Republican Party, Democratic Party, and Libertarian Party, which actively participate in local elections. Numerous candidates run for office each year in all levels of government, including for Mayor, Sheriff, Board of Supervisors seats and more. These candidates provide residents with a wide range of ideas and perspectives on how to best help their community grow and thrive.
The political climate in Prince William County, VA is strongly liberal.
In Prince William County, VA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince William county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
Prince William county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prince William County, VA is strongly 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.
Prince William, Virginia: r r 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 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 Prince William County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,131 contributions totaling $1,499,213 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,965 contributions totaling $1,361,679 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)