The Martinsville, VA Metro Area is a political hub, with both state and federal representatives from the Republican and Democratic parties. At the local level, city council members are elected to their positions in nonpartisan races. City council members work with the Mayor to represent the interests of citizens across the Metro Area. There are also numerous political clubs and organizations in the area, such as the Martinsville-Henry County Democratic Committee and Independents for Change. These groups bring together people from all walks of life to discuss issues concerning their city or county and advocate for change. Elections for local government offices take place every two years, giving citizens a chance to have their voices heard on important matters affecting their community.
The political climate in Martinsville Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Martinsville Metro Area 40.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Martinsville metro area remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 40.4%.
The Martinsville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Martinsville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Martinsville, 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 Martinsville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 517 contributions totaling $47,987 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 397 contributions totaling $114,454 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)