The town of 24551 Forest, VA is a small community located in a rural area of the state. Although it is not a heavily populated area, it still has a thriving local political system and many devoted residents who are involved in the political process. Local elections are held every two years, and the current mayor is John Smith. The town has two representatives in the Virginia State Assembly who work together to ensure that legislation beneficial to their constituents is enacted. Residents of 24551 Forest often take part in local political activities such as voting in elections and attending town hall meetings. It is an active community with individuals passionate about making their voices heard and advocating for change within their local government.
The political climate in Zip 24551 (Forest, VA) is strongly conservative.
Bedford County, VA is very conservative. In Bedford County, VA 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bedford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.0%.
Bedford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24551 (Forest, VA) is strongly conservative.
Forest, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Bedford County, Virginia is very conservative.
Lynchburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Forest, 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 24551 (Forest)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 805 contributions totaling $58,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 471 contributions totaling $83,788 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)