The Richmond, VA Metro Area is a culturally and historically rich area located in the heart of Virginia. Politically, Richmond is an important part of the state, with numerous organizations and initiatives working to ensure that residents have access to fair representation in government. With its diverse population, there are many political candidates running in local races that represent a wide range of backgrounds and ideologies. A few of these candidates include Justin Griffin (D) for House of Delegates, Delegate Jeff Bourne (D) for re-election for the 71st District, and Senator Amanda Chase (R) for re-election. These individuals have each taken their own initiative to provide better representation for their constituents and work to create a better future for the citizens of Richmond. They all bring different perspectives to the table and are dedicated to creating positive change through economic development initiatives, educational reform efforts, and other measures that help people in the Richmond Metro Area achieve success.
The political climate in Richmond Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Richmond Metro Area 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Richmond metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.7%.
The Richmond metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Richmond, Virginia: R r d d D D
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 Richmond Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55,489 contributions totaling $8,532,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15,704 contributions totaling $5,896,262 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)