Greene County, Virginia is a small rural county comprised of mainly agricultural land and friendly small-towns. It has a long history of democratic politics with many progressive initiatives such as protecting the environment, and providing affordable housing. Locally, the Greene County Board of Supervisors is responsible for implementing policy related to budgeting, zoning codes, infrastructure projects, and other public services. They are also in charge of nominating and electing local candidates for various county offices such as Sheriff, District Attorney, Clerk of Court, Commissioner of Revenue, and Treasurer. These candidates all face off in elections every four years to determine who will lead the county's government. Many members of the community take part in these elections by voting for their preferred candidates or attending events to discuss policy ideas with them. As a result, Greene County citizens have an active role in deciding who will represent them at the local level.
The political climate in Greene County, VA is strongly conservative.
In Greene County, VA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 36.8%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greene County, VA is strongly conservative.
Charlottesville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Greene, 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 Greene County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 565 contributions totaling $59,972 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 255 contributions totaling $41,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)