Radford City, located in VA County, is a vibrant and diverse place with a rich political life. Radford has been home to several different politicians from the local level all the way up to federal level officials who have represented the city at state, national, and even international levels. There have been mayors who have served for multiple terms, as well as representatives for Congress and other offices. Over the years there have been several initiatives that have come from Radford's political leaders that have helped to make the city a better place to live and work. Political involvement has been an important part of Radford's history and will continue to be for many years to come.
The political climate in Radford City County, VA is somewhat liberal.
In Radford City County, VA 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Radford city county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.1%.
Radford city county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Radford City County, VA is somewhat liberal.
Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Radford City, Virginia: r r 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 Radford City County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 868 contributions totaling $55,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 269 contributions totaling $202,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $754 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)