The Winchester, VA Metro Area has a diverse political landscape. Local elections are heavily contested and often draw participation from the entire community. The City of Winchester is governed by a Mayor and four Council Members who are elected to four year terms by the city’s residents. State politics here are dominated by two main parties: Democrats and Republicans. Each party has its own platform that promotes different policies and views on issues affecting the area. There are also many local independent organizations that focus on particular social or economic issues, such as education, healthcare, and poverty alleviation. The area also hosts regular debates between candidates on a variety of topics so that residents can learn more about their positions before casting their vote on election day.
The political climate in Winchester Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Winchester Metro Area 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Winchester metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 36.5%.
The Winchester metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winchester 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.
Winchester, 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 Winchester Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,330 contributions totaling $452,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,720 contributions totaling $388,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)