Frederick County, Virginia is a vibrant and diverse community with an interesting political landscape. The county has a long history of politics that dates back to its earliest days as a colonial outpost. In modern times, the county is represented by two delegates in the state legislature, and numerous local government offices are held by elected officials from both major parties. Residents of Frederick County have access to a variety of political events such as town hall meetings and debates that allow them to stay informed on current events and get involved in issues they care about. Local elections are also popular, with candidates from both major parties vying for votes from the community. Political engagement is important and Frederick County has shown its commitment to this goal by making it easy for citizens to find out more about their local political representatives and their positions on key issues.
The political climate in Frederick County, VA is strongly conservative.
In Frederick County, VA 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Frederick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 35.3%.
Frederick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Frederick County, VA is strongly conservative.
Winchester 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.
Frederick, 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 Frederick County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,039 contributions totaling $177,597 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,211 contributions totaling $218,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)