Buchanan County, Virginia is a small rural county located in the western part of the state. The county has a long history of involvement in politics, which is reflected in the many local political candidates who have served or are currently serving in office. Local elections often feature debates and forums on local issues, with candidates from both sides of the aisle vying for votes. While there are typically some national issues discussed during these events, much of the focus is on how to best serve constituents within Buchanan County. This includes topics such as economic development, environmental protection, infrastructure investment, health care access, education funding and more. All candidates strive to make sure that they can give the citizens of Buchanan County their due attention and care when it comes to making decisions related to their community's future.
The political climate in Buchanan County, VA is very conservative.
In Buchanan County, VA 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buchanan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 15.9%.
Buchanan county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buchanan County, VA is very conservative.
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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.
Buchanan, Virginia: D d 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 Buchanan County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $3,702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $26,884 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)