Stafford County, VA is located in Northern Virginia and is an area rich with political history. The county has been a part of the state since 1664 and has seen its fair share of elections over the centuries. While Stafford County may not have the highest population in the state, it does have a very engaged electorate who turn out for each election cycle to make their voices heard. The political landscape of this county is comprised of both Republicans and Democrats, who are constantly vying for control of local offices, such as sheriff, board supervisor, and mayor. Every election season brings new candidates promising to bring positive change to the people of Stafford County. As a result, elections here are often hotly contested and can be quite spirited at times. Voters in Stafford County are always looking for ways to ensure that their voice is being heard and that their needs are being met by those who represent them.
The political climate in Stafford County, VA is leaning liberal.
In Stafford County, VA 50.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stafford county flipped Democratic, 50.5% to 47.3%.
Stafford county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stafford County, VA is leaning liberal.
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.
Stafford, Virginia: R R r r r d
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 Stafford County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,382 contributions totaling $359,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,745 contributions totaling $309,234 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)