Tazewell County, Virginia is located in the southwestern part of the state. It is a small rural county with a population of approximately 45000 people. The county is governed by an elected board of supervisors, who are responsible for developing and adopting policies and regulations to ensure the county runs smoothly. They also appoint and supervise county staff members, including the county administrator, as well as oversee all aspects of the budget. Local elections for general offices such as sheriff, clerk of court, commonwealth's attorney, and board of supervisors are held every four years. The current Board of Supervisors consists of three Republicans and two Democrats. In addition to this board, there are also numerous local committees that work together to advise on various topics such as education, economic development, public safety, and more. Residents have the opportunity to get involved through civic organizations or by attending public meetings to voice their opinions on important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Tazewell County, VA is very conservative.
In Tazewell County, VA 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.1% to 15.9%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tazewell County, VA is very conservative.
Bluefield Metro Area is very 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.
Tazewell, 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 Tazewell County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 350 contributions totaling $34,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 250 contributions totaling $100,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)