The Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Metro Area is served by many local elected officials who work to serve the needs of their constituents. This metro area is located in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia and encompasses both Staunton and Waynesboro. In the General Assembly, residents are represented by three senators and five delegates. At the local level, each city has its own mayor along with a city council representing different wards within each city. All elected officials strive to promote a vision for economic growth and quality of life initiatives that make this region an attractive place to work, live, and play. In addition, both cities have an active civic engagement presence where residents can come together to discuss local issues affecting their communities.
The political climate in Staunton Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Staunton Metro Area 35.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Staunton-Waynesboro metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.1%.
The Staunton-Waynesboro metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Staunton Metro Area is strongly 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.
Staunton, 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 Staunton Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,527 contributions totaling $351,563 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,535 contributions totaling $219,048 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)