Fort Defiance, VA is a small community located in 24437 in Virginia. The town has a long history of political involvement and activism with many people in the community having had their voices heard through local politics. The current mayor is Tom Dye who was elected to office in 2017 after serving on the Town Council since 2009. He has been an active advocate for the town's residents, seeking to ensure that all have access to economic opportunities as well as quality of life improvements. As Mayor, he also works closely with other local and state leaders to ensure that Fort Defiance remains a vibrant and safe place to live for all its citizens. Residents of Fort Defiance can participate in their local government by attending Town Council meetings or voting in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Zip 24437 (Fort Defiance, VA) is very conservative.
Augusta County, VA is very conservative. In Augusta County, VA 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Augusta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 25.6%.
Augusta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24437 (Fort Defiance, VA) is very conservative.
Fort Defiance, Virginia is very conservative.
Augusta County, Virginia is very conservative.
Staunton 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.
Fort Defiance, 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 24437 (Fort Defiance)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $320 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)