The city of Charlottesville, Virginia is located in the heart of Albemarle County and is home to a population of nearly 50,000 people. The politics in 22901 Charlottesville, VA are largely dominated by the Democratic Party and are heavily focused on issues such as public education, healthcare reform, economic development, environmental protection, and social justice. Locally elected officials represent the city at both the state and federal level in areas such as transportation infrastructure, housing affordability, taxation policy, local business growth and job creation. Through their work on these matters in addition to attending community meetings and responding to constituents concerns they strive to ensure that all citizens have access to equal opportunities for success.
The political climate in Zip 22901 (Charlottesville, VA) is strongly liberal.
Albemarle County, VA is very liberal. In Albemarle County, VA 65.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Albemarle county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.7% to 32.2%.
Albemarle county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22901 (Charlottesville, VA) is strongly liberal.
Charlottesville, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Albemarle County, Virginia is very liberal.
Charlottesville Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Charlottesville, Virginia: r d D D D D
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 22901 (Charlottesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,847 contributions totaling $3,765,839 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $480 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 919 contributions totaling $333,701 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)