24340 Glade Spring, VA is a rural community in Southwest Virginia with a small population. The town's political focus centers on supporting local businesses and advocating for the area's agricultural industry. Local elections are held to elect representatives from the community to serve on the town council, which oversees local initiatives such as infrastructure improvements, zoning regulations, public safety concerns, and economic development strategies. The town council works closely with county and state officials to ensure that Glade Spring can take advantage of available resources. Community members are encouraged to get involved in the political process through attending public meetings and voting in elections. Local candidates strive to represent the interests of all the people who live in 24340 Glade Spring, VA.
The political climate in Zip 24340 (Glade Spring, VA) is very conservative.
Washington County, VA is very conservative. In Washington County, VA 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 23.1%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24340 (Glade Spring, VA) is very conservative.
Glade Spring, Virginia is very conservative.
Washington County, Virginia is very conservative.
Kingsport-Bristol Metro Area is very 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.
Glade Spring, 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 24340 (Glade Spring)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $3,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $433 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)