Christiansburg, VA is a small rural town located in Montgomery County in the heart of Southwest Virginia. While the town has a population of approximately 13,000, its local politics are largely focused on promoting growth and ensuring access to essential services for its residents. The town is served by a five-member Town Council who meet regularly to discuss and vote on matters related to the town's budget, infrastructure improvements, economic development projects, public safety initiatives and more. Local elections are held every two years with several candidates vying for each seat. All citizens over the age of 18 have the opportunity to participate in the electoral process by registering to vote prior to each election.
The political climate in Zip 24073 (Christiansburg, VA) is leaning liberal.
Montgomery County, VA is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, VA 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 45.8%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24073 (Christiansburg, VA) is leaning liberal.
Christiansburg, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Montgomery County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Christiansburg, Virginia: r r d r 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 24073 (Christiansburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 469 contributions totaling $41,198 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $34,586 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)