Grayson County, Virginia is a rural area located in the southwest corner of Virginia. Despite its small population, the county has a vibrant political scene. The local government consists of a seven-member Board of Supervisors and various other elected officials who are responsible for making decisions about issues such as taxes, zoning regulations, and public services like schools and parks. Each election cycle brings out dozens of candidates competing for these positions. All candidates must live in Grayson County in order to be eligible to run for office. Local citizens take part in active campaigns and meetings where they can discuss their views on various topics with their representatives. As a result, there is always an abundance of dialogue between elected officials and citizens in Grayson County about important issues that affect the quality of life in this region.
The political climate in Grayson County, VA is very conservative.
In Grayson County, VA 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grayson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.3% to 18.9%.
Grayson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grayson 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.
Grayson, 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 Grayson County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 414 contributions totaling $37,035 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $14,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)