Bedford, VA, is a small city located in central Virginia that has a population of about 6,200 residents. The city is served by the Bedford City Council which consists of seven members representing each district in the city. The members are elected by the citizens of Bedford and serve four-year terms. These council members are responsible for making important decisions regarding the welfare of the city such as parks and recreation, zoning, public safety, and more. Politically, Bedford is a very conservative area with most of its population leaning Republican. Local elections tend to have low voter turnout due to Bedford's small population size but residents still take these elections seriously as they can make a big impact on their community.
The political climate in Zip 24523 (Bedford, VA) is very conservative.
Bedford County, VA is very conservative. In Bedford County, VA 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bedford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.0%.
Bedford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24523 (Bedford, VA) is very conservative.
Bedford, Virginia is very conservative.
Bedford County, Virginia is very conservative.
Lynchburg 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.
Bedford, 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 24523 (Bedford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 306 contributions totaling $21,956 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $22,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)