Culpeper County is located in Northern Virginia and is home to a relatively small population of around 46,000 people. The county has many local politics that are often discussed by its residents. The county has three main political parties - Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. All the candidates for office in Culpeper County must represent one or more of these party affiliations. There are several organizations within the county that work to support the candidates they have chosen to run for office, including grass-roots groups and special interest organizations. Additionally, there are a variety of community leaders who volunteer their time to help organize forums and debates with the political candidates so that citizens can learn about the issues that matter most to them. All of this helps inform people's decisions when it comes time for elections in Culpeper County.
The political climate in Culpeper County, VA is moderately conservative.
In Culpeper County, VA 39.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Culpeper county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.2%.
Culpeper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Culpeper County, VA is moderately 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.
Culpeper, 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 Culpeper County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,345 contributions totaling $281,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 860 contributions totaling $176,903 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)