Winchester city is located in Virginia's Frederick County and has a thriving political environment. With its historic downtown, vibrant arts community, and numerous local businesses, Winchester is an important economic hub in the region. The city is represented by a number of elected officials at the state and federal levels. At the state level, residents are represented by six Delegates in the House of Delegates and one Senator in the Senate. On the national level, Winchester is represented in Congress by Barbara Comstock (R-VA 10th). Additionally, Winchester holds regularly scheduled local elections for mayor and City Council members. As an important part of their duties, these elected officials are responsible for making decisions on issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, education policy, environmental protection and much more. To keep up with news about candidates for local office as well as proposed legislation from representatives at all levels of government, residents can stay informed through reading newspapers or online media outlets such as websites run by journalists or local politicians themselves.
The political climate in Winchester City County, VA is somewhat liberal.
In Winchester City County, VA 54.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winchester city county remained strongly Democratic, 54.6% to 43.1%.
Winchester city county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winchester City County, VA is somewhat liberal.
Winchester Metro Area is strongly 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.
Winchester City, Virginia: R R d d d 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 Winchester City County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,484 contributions totaling $234,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 339 contributions totaling $147,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $436 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)