The Roanoke, VA Metro Area is home to a variety of political organizations, including the Roanoke Valley Republican Committee, the Roanoke Valley Democratic Committee, and various other local party committees. These committees organize events and initiatives to engage citizens in local politics and provide support for candidates running for office in the area. This election season, there are several local candidates vying for seats in the Virginia House of Delegates in District 19 and 20. The campaigns of each candidate reflect their respective views on issues such as economic development, education reform, healthcare accessibility, gun safety regulations, environmental protection, and many more. Citizens are encouraged to stay informed on these issues and vote their conscience when it comes time to cast their ballots this November.
The political climate in Roanoke Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Roanoke Metro Area 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Roanoke metro area remained strongly Republican, 55.7% to 42.4%.
The Roanoke metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roanoke 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.
Roanoke, 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 Roanoke Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,282 contributions totaling $1,082,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,148 contributions totaling $2,931,292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $707 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)