Martinsville City, located in Virginia County, is an important hub of political activity. The city hosts a variety of events such as public forums and debates to enable citizens to gain insight into the issues that affect them. Elected officials from the county and state often visit during campaigns to advance the interests of their constituents. Local government operates in Martinsville City with an elected mayor and four council members who serve four-year terms. There is also a Circuit Court for local legal matters. Local politicians are actively engaged in working toward solutions to the issues that impact the community, such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, affordable housing, and public safety. They strive to create a better future for all citizens while respecting individual rights.
The political climate in Martinsville City County, VA is strongly liberal.
In Martinsville City County, VA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Martinsville city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 36.0%.
Martinsville city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Martinsville City County, VA is strongly liberal.
Martinsville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Martinsville City, Virginia: d d 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 Martinsville City County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 424 contributions totaling $42,567 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 290 contributions totaling $95,898 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)