Roanoke County in Virginia is an area that has a strong political presence. The county is part of the Roanoke Valley and is home to many prominent politicians who have served both in the local area and around the state. These include current state delegate Sam Rasoul, US Representative Ben Cline, and most recently newcomer Terry Austin who was elected as mayor of Roanoke City in 2019. All three politicians are committed to improving the lives of their constituents by addressing issues such as economic development, infrastructure, public safety, education, and health care. Additionally, all of these representatives are active members of their respective parties and have been involved with campaigns or initiatives to further their party’s interests in Roanoke County.
The political climate in Roanoke County, VA is moderately conservative.
In Roanoke County, VA 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roanoke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 38.1%.
Roanoke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roanoke County, VA is moderately conservative.
Roanoke 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.
Roanoke, 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 Roanoke County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,119 contributions totaling $325,279 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,771 contributions totaling $1,632,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $922 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)