Dryden, VA is a small rural town located in 24243. This tight-knit community is represented politically by members of the local and state government who strive to ensure that its citizens have a voice while advocating for their needs. The current mayor of Dryden is Bill Smith who was elected in 2020 and has been serving the people of Dryden since then. He works closely with the rest of the town council to address the various issues facing Dryden such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education initiatives. Smith also works with other local political candidates to ensure that everyone's concerns are being heard. With a strong presence from both political parties in Dryden, voters here have the opportunity to make their voices heard during elections and participate in positive change within the community.
The political climate in Zip 24243 (Dryden, VA) is strongly conservative.
Lee County, VA is very conservative. In Lee County, VA 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 15.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24243 (Dryden, VA) is strongly conservative.
Dryden, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Lee 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.
Dryden, 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 24243 (Dryden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $1,154 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)