Surry, VA County is a small rural county in the state of Virginia. The county has a small population and is largely rural, with most people living in small towns and villages. The politics in Surry County are largely conservative, with Republicans typically dominating local elections. There are generally several candidates running for local positions who represent both major parties. While some smaller local races may be non-partisan, most of the political action in Surry County takes place within the Republican and Democratic parties. The current officials of Surry County all represent the Republican party, indicating that the currently reigning political ideology is still quite conservative.
The political climate in Surry County, VA is somewhat liberal.
In Surry County, VA 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Surry county remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 45.3%.
Surry county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Surry County, VA is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Surry, 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 Surry County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $4,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $7,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)