Rappahannock County, Virginia is a rural locality located in the Northern part of the state. It has a vibrant local political landscape with both major parties represented. Every two years, Rappahannock residents get to vote for their local representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate. The county also holds regular elections for county sheriffs, commissioners of revenue and other local positions. All these contests are fiercely fought and have been known to create some interesting results. Local candidates often focus on issues such as land preservation, infrastructure development, public safety, education and economic growth. As a result of its smaller size and rural nature, Rappahannock County politics can be even more passionate than those of larger cities and counties elsewhere in the state.
The political climate in Rappahannock County, VA is somewhat conservative.
In Rappahannock County, VA 42.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rappahannock county remained strongly Republican, 56.5% to 42.1%.
Rappahannock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rappahannock County, VA is somewhat conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Rappahannock, 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 Rappahannock County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,944 contributions totaling $616,776 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $94,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)