Austinville, VA 24312 is a small town with a population of around 800 residents. It is known for its close-knit community and strong sense of civic pride. Despite its size, Austinville is quite politically active; local elections often draw large numbers of voters who care deeply about the issues that are important to their community. The mayoral election in 2021 saw an unprecedented turnout with competing candidates offering unique perspectives on how to move the town forward. Incumbent Mayor Thomas Smith was reelected after running on a platform of public safety, education reform, and economic revitalization while his opponent, former Town Councilman Robert Walker, had promised a new focus on infrastructure improvements and environmental sustainability. In the end, voters chose Smith's optimistic vision for Austinville's future and he will continue to serve as mayor for four more years.
The political climate in Zip 24312 (Austinville, VA) is very conservative.
Wythe County, VA is very conservative. In Wythe County, VA 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wythe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.9%.
Wythe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24312 (Austinville, VA) is very conservative.
Austinville, Virginia is very conservative.
Wythe County, Virginia is very conservative.
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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.
Austinville, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 24312 (Austinville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)