Wythe County, Virginia is located in the southwestern corner of the state and is home to a rich political history. Although the county does not have an official local government or political candidates, the residents are involved in many state and federal elections. The county has traditionally supported conservative values, electing Republicans to their congressional seats for almost the entirety of its existence. Recently, however, the county has also seen growth in liberal-leaning perspectives among some of its citizens. This shift in ideology reflects a wider trend across Virginia as a whole and shows that Wythe County is open to new ideas and values. Despite this ideological change, one thing remains constant: Wythe County residents are passionate about politics and take an active role in shaping their future through votes and public discourse.
The political climate in Wythe County, VA is very conservative.
In Wythe County, VA 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wythe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.9%.
Wythe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wythe 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.
Wythe, 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 Wythe County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 268 contributions totaling $20,981 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $17,668 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)