Campbell County, Virginia is a vibrant and growing county located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia. Politically, the county is largely conservative with a strong Republican base. The county has traditionally voted overwhelmingly in favor of Republican candidates, and voters here have recently shown a shift to an even stronger commitment to GOP-backed causes. At the local level, political races are often contested between Republicans and Democrats. In recent years, there have been several high-profile races for local offices like school board members, sheriff, or supervisor. These races are closely watched by local residents and can be quite exciting as both parties’ candidates make their case for why they should be elected. Campbell County also has a vibrant political scene at the state level, electing representatives to both the House of Delegates and Senate who represent the interests of its citizens.
The political climate in Campbell County, VA is very conservative.
In Campbell County, VA 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Campbell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.0%.
Campbell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Campbell County, VA is very conservative.
Lynchburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Campbell, 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 Campbell County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $37,262 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $45,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)