The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area is part of the larger New River Valley region and has a long history of strong local politics. Political offices in the area are held by a variety of individuals who come from many different backgrounds and represent the diversity of the population. The members of these local governments work together to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met and that their communities remain safe and productive. Some notable political figures in this area include Senator Mark Warner, Congressman Morgan Griffith, Delegate Chris Head, Senator John Edwards, and County Supervisor Steve Arrington, all of whom have played key roles in promoting the progress and prosperity in the region for decades.
The political climate in Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro Area 43.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area remained strongly Republican, 54.5% to 43.2%.
The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Blacksburg-Christiansburg, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,621 contributions totaling $928,438 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,656 contributions totaling $513,640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)