Norton City, VA County is a thriving community that is home to many different types of people. It is an area of diverse backgrounds and perspectives, and the city has a long history of political involvement. The city is governed by a mayor, along with a five-member City Council that works together to make decisions for the city. Every year there are elections for the mayor and various other local positions, such as school board members, sheriff, county commissioner, treasurer and more. Local organizations such as civic clubs and churches often hold events to inform residents about the political candidates running in any given election cycle. The city also participates in important state-wide initiatives and decisions that affect all Virginians. Norton City values its citizens' participation in politics through voting and engaging in conversations with their elected officials.
The political climate in Norton City County, VA is very conservative.
In Norton City County, VA 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norton city county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 29.0%.
Norton city county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norton City County, VA is very conservative.
Big Stone Gap Metro Area is very 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.
Norton City, Virginia: D 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 Norton City County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $5,044 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,583 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)