Chilhowie, Virginia is a rural town located in the heart of Smyth County. The town is home to around 1,500 people and is known for its small-town feel and friendly atmosphere. Politically, Chilhowie leans conservative and is represented in the Virginia House of Delegates by Republican Chris Head. At the national level, Chilhowie is under the watchful eye of Congresswoman Morgan Griffith, also a Republican. Although it may be considered a small town, politics remain important to Chilhowie residents who care about their community's future. As such, local political candidates often focus on issues that affect the everyday lives of citizens such as education, healthcare access, economic development and public safety.
The political climate in Zip 24319 (Chilhowie, VA) is very conservative.
Smyth County, VA is very conservative. In Smyth County, VA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smyth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.3%.
Smyth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24319 (Chilhowie, VA) is very conservative.
Chilhowie, Virginia is very conservative.
Smyth 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.
Chilhowie, 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 24319 (Chilhowie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $16,311 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $347 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)