The Big Stone Gap, VA Metro Area is a bustling region full of history and culture. Although the area does not have its own local political candidates, residents of the metro area take politics seriously. The area is an important voting bloc for the state, as it falls within both Virginia's Ninth and Fourth Congressional Districts and is represented by two members from each district in the House of Representatives. Additionally, residents are able to vote for their state representatives in the Virginia General Assembly when elections come around. Those living in the metro area are knowledgeable of both national and local politics and use their voice to make their opinions heard when it comes to voting day.
The political climate in Big Stone Gap Metro Area is very conservative.
In Big Stone Gap Metro Area 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Big Stone Gap metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.2% to 19.9%.
The Big Stone Gap metro area voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Stone Gap 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.
Big Stone Gap, Virginia: d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Big Stone Gap Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 735 contributions totaling $51,601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 259 contributions totaling $58,815 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)