Louisa County, Virginia is located in the W central part of the state and is part of the Richmond Metropolitan area. The county seat is Louisa and the total population of Louisa County is estimated to be around 35,200 as of 2019. Politics in Louisa County plays an important role in local society, with local elections taking place every year. The county supervisor has traditionally been elected from a Republican-leaning district, while other races have seen a more even split between Democratic and Republican candidates. Recently, voters have become more engaged in local politics and are looking for candidates who can address their concerns. As such, those running for office are increasingly focusing on issues such as economic development, education reform, public safety and health care access. Candidates from various parties are vying for votes as they seek to represent the diverse interests of the community. With a growing interest in local politics, Louisa County looks forward to seeing which candidates will emerge victorious this election cycle.
The political climate in Louisa County, VA is moderately conservative.
In Louisa County, VA 37.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Louisa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 37.7%.
Louisa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Louisa County, VA is moderately 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.
Louisa, 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 Louisa County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 952 contributions totaling $94,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 402 contributions totaling $66,489 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)