24540 Danville, VA has a vibrant political landscape. The town is governed by an elected mayor and city council members who serve as the legislative body for the city. These officials develop policy, create laws, and budget for local programs and services. The citizens of 24540 Danville, VA also have the ability to voice their opinion on important issues through voting in local elections. Additionally, residents of 24540 Danville, VA can get involved in the political process by attending meetings with their elected representatives or joining local political groups. Through these avenues, the citizens of 24540 Danville, VA can make their voices heard and help shape the policies that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 24540 (Danville, VA) is moderately liberal.
Danville City County, VA is moderately liberal. In Danville City County, VA 60.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Danville city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.4% to 38.3%.
Danville city county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24540 (Danville, VA) is moderately liberal.
Danville, Virginia is moderately liberal.
Danville City County, Virginia is moderately liberal.
Danville 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.
Danville, 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 24540 (Danville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $10,060 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $5,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)