The politics of 22902 Charlottesville, VA are heavily influenced by its local government. The city is governed by a seven-member City Council, and mayoral elections take place on a regular basis. The Council typically consists of members from both parties, though the mayor's office has been held by Democrats since 2008. Other city-wide offices include the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Sheriff, Commissioner of the Revenue and Treasurer. County government also has a strong presence in Charlottesville with a five-member Board of Supervisors and several appointed county officials. With such an engaged population and diverse political views in 22902 Charlottesville, VA it is no surprise that local politics remain a hot topic among residents.
The political climate in Zip 22902 (Charlottesville, VA) is strongly liberal.
Charlottesville City County, VA is very liberal. In Charlottesville City County, VA 85.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 12.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlottesville city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 85.5% to 12.8%.
Charlottesville city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22902 (Charlottesville, VA) is strongly liberal.
Charlottesville, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Charlottesville City 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: D 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 22902 (Charlottesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,119 contributions totaling $1,126,795 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 273 contributions totaling $175,179 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $642 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)