The politics of Spotsylvania County, VA are an important part of the county's governance. Residents participate in elections to choose representatives who will advocate for their interests in both the state and federal governments. In addition to the two major political parties, there is also a third-party presence in Spotsylvania and local candidates have been known to run on independent tickets. The county has a number of prominent politicians from both sides of the aisle, including U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and Congressman Rob Wittman, both representing Virginia's 1st congressional district. On the state level, Delegate Margaret Ransone and Senator Ben Chafin represent the 99th district and 38th district respectively. Each of these individuals has made their mark in Spotsylvania County by advocating for policies that benefit the county and its citizens.
The political climate in Spotsylvania County, VA is leaning conservative.
In Spotsylvania County, VA 45.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spotsylvania county remained moderately Republican, 52.3% to 45.6%.
Spotsylvania county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spotsylvania County, VA is leaning conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Spotsylvania, 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 Spotsylvania County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,620 contributions totaling $244,859 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,774 contributions totaling $320,815 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)