Lancaster, VA County is located on the Northern Neck of Virginia and is part of the Middle Peninsula. The county's population is 11,393 as of the 2020 census. Politically, Lancaster County is a stronghold for the Republican Party, with Republicans holding all five county supervisor seats. The current Board of Supervisors chairperson is Norman T. Perrotte who was first elected in 2011. Local elections are held every four years with the most recent election held in November 2019. Lancaster County residents are active participants in their local politics and enjoy engaging with their representatives to ensure that their voices are heard and that they can shape policy that affects their community.
The political climate in Lancaster County, VA is leaning conservative.
In Lancaster County, VA 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained Republican, 51.7% to 47.1%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lancaster County, VA is leaning 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.
Lancaster, 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 Lancaster County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,165 contributions totaling $113,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 488 contributions totaling $107,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)