Henry, VA County is a vibrant community with a strong tradition of political engagement and activism. The county has a long history of electing officials from both the Democratic and Republican parties to represent their interests in local, state, and federal government. Local elections often feature spirited debates between candidates from different parties, giving voters an opportunity to make an informed decision when casting their ballot. Henry County citizens have actively engaged in issues such as education reform, health care access, economic development initiatives, environmental protection efforts, and public safety. Additionally, they are passionate about encouraging civic involvement and being involved in the discussion on important issues such as voting rights and fundraising for charities. As one can see, the people of Henry County take politics seriously and work hard to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Henry County, VA is strongly conservative.
In Henry County, VA 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 35.0%.
Henry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Henry County, VA is strongly conservative.
Martinsville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Henry, 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 Henry County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 93 contributions totaling $5,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $18,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)