Westmoreland County in Virginia is known for its commitment to local politics. The county is served by a five-member Board of Supervisors, each representing one of the five districts. The board oversees the areas of budgets, taxes, public safety, lands and other services within the county. Local elections are held every two years to elect new supervisors and the citizens also have the opportunity to voice their opinion on various issues through citizen participation at public hearings. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, Westmoreland County has numerous state representatives such as Senators and Delegates who serve in both Richmond and Washington D.C. These representatives make up part of a larger political body that works together to ensure that Westmoreland County’s interests are served and protected both locally and at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Westmoreland County, VA is leaning conservative.
In Westmoreland County, VA 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Westmoreland county remained moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.3%.
Westmoreland county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westmoreland County, VA is leaning 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.
Westmoreland, Virginia: r r D d 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 Westmoreland County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 317 contributions totaling $35,551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 136 contributions totaling $35,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)