Fancy Gap, Virginia is a small town located in Carroll County. It has a total area of 3.2 square miles and a population of just over 400 people. Despite its small size, Fancy Gap is an active community with many local political candidates vying for the votes of its citizens. Local elections have been hotly contested for years, with candidates from both major parties competing to represent the town's residents in government. Issues such as education, economic growth, public safety, and environmental protection are regularly debated by those running for office. The passionate dialogue between candidates always ensures that the interests of Fancy Gap citizens remain at the forefront of local politics.
The political climate in Zip 24328 (Fancy Gap, VA) is very conservative.
Carroll County, VA is very conservative. In Carroll County, VA 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 18.2%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24328 (Fancy Gap, VA) is very conservative.
Fancy Gap, Virginia is very conservative.
Carroll 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.
Fancy Gap, 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 24328 (Fancy Gap)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $1,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)