Alleghany County, VA is a small rural county nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has a long and proud history of political involvement at both local and state levels. Local politics in Alleghany County are driven by civic engagement, with citizens actively participating in important decisions that affect their community. The county government is led by a five-person Board of Supervisors. This board works closely with the Alleghany County Commission to oversee budgeting, taxation, and other matters related to local governance. Additionally, citizens of Alleghany County can elect two representatives to serve on the Virginia General Assembly as well as one federally elected representative who serves in the U.S House of Representatives. These officials are responsible for representing the interests and needs of their constituents on issues ranging from education and health care to public safety and infrastructure improvements. Through these representatives, Alleghany County residents have direct access to state and national policy makers, allowing them to take an active role in shaping their community's future.
The political climate in Alleghany County, VA is very conservative.
In Alleghany County, VA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alleghany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 27.3%.
Alleghany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alleghany County, VA is very conservative.
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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.
Alleghany, 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 Alleghany County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $3,928 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,266 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)