The politics in 22066 Great Falls, VA, are largely influenced by the local and state governments. The area is represented in Congress by Barbara Comstock and in the Virginia General Assembly by David Reid and Wendy Gooditis. Each of these local political candidates represent different views on important issues such as civil liberties, taxes, education reform, and more. The community is also active in organizing town hall meetings to discuss local issues with representatives from the government. In addition to this, citizens of Great Falls are encouraged to participate in elections, join civic organizations or nonprofit groups related to their interests, and contribute financially to campaigns that they support. By doing so they can help ensure that their voices are heard on important topics affecting the community.
The political climate in Zip 22066 (Great Falls, VA) is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22066 (Great Falls, VA) is moderately liberal.
Great Falls, Virginia is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, Virginia is very liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Great Falls, Virginia: r d D D D D
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 22066 (Great Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,562 contributions totaling $2,253,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,583 contributions totaling $2,324,157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $900 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)