Shenandoah County, Virginia is a rural area located in the Shenandoah Valley. It is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors who are elected for four year terms. All five of the board members must be from different magisterial districts within the county. The county has two constitutional officers, the Sheriff and Commonwealth's Attorney, that are also elected to serve four-year terms. These positions are especially important for keeping Shenandoah County safe and secure from crime and other threats to its citizens' wellbeing. Other local political figures include District Delegates and Senators who represent Shenandoah County in the Virginia General Assembly, as well as U.S. Congressional Representatives for those residing in the region outside of Shenandoah County. In addition, all local government elections follow a nonpartisan electoral system where candidates do not need to identify with any one party or ideology when running for office; instead they compete on their qualifications and merits alone. All of these political figures work together to ensure that Shenandoa County remains a safe and vibrant community for residents and visitors alike.
The political climate in Shenandoah County, VA is very conservative.
In Shenandoah County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shenandoah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 28.9%.
Shenandoah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shenandoah County, VA is very 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.
Shenandoah, 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 Shenandoah County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 952 contributions totaling $80,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 702 contributions totaling $266,423 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)