The politics of 22701 Culpeper, VA, are shaped by a variety of factors. The area is represented in the United States House of Representatives by the Republican Representative Denver Riggleman, who was recently re-elected for a second term. In Virginia's State Senate, the area is represented by Emmett Hanger Jr., who serves as the majority leader in the Senate. In the General Assembly, there are three Delegates representing 22701 Culpeper: Todd Gilbert, Michael Webert and Nick Freitas. All three are Republicans and have been endorsed by conservative organizations. Additionally, Culpeper County is home to several active political groups that work to influence local politics and support their causes and candidates at all levels. These include local chapters of Democrats Abroad, Indivisible 22701 and other civic engagement organizations that strive to keep local constituents engaged on issues important to them.
The political climate in Zip 22701 (Culpeper, VA) is moderately conservative.
Culpeper County, VA is moderately conservative. In Culpeper County, VA 39.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Culpeper county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.2%.
Culpeper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22701 (Culpeper, VA) is moderately conservative.
Culpeper, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Culpeper County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Culpeper, 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 22701 (Culpeper)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 783 contributions totaling $162,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 434 contributions totaling $92,228 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)