Pulaski County, Virginia, is located in the New River Valley region of the state. It is home to a variety of towns and cities, including Pulaski, Dublin, Draper, Fairlawn and Pulaski County. Despite its small size, Pulaski county plays an important role in the local politics. Every four years, residents have the opportunity to elect their representatives at both the state and federal level. Local political candidates usually focus on issues such as economic development, job growth and infrastructure improvements for the community. These are all critical factors that will influence the future of Pulaski County. The citizens of Pulaski also have a say in who will represent them through voting in elections throughout the year. It is important for all citizens to pay attention to local politics so they can make informed decisions when selecting their representatives at every level of government.
The political climate in Pulaski County, VA is very conservative.
In Pulaski County, VA 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.3%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pulaski County, VA is very conservative.
Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pulaski, 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 Pulaski County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 342 contributions totaling $30,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $29,898 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)