Harrisonburg, Virginia is a small city located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. It is home to vibrant local politics that shape the community. Local politicians from 22802 Harrisonburg work hard to ensure their constituents are represented on both state and national levels. As a consequence, there have been numerous initiatives to address issues ranging from economic development to environmental protection. The city council oversees decisions that affect the basic infrastructure of the city such as housing, transportation, public safety and more. There are also numerous committees and organizations dedicated to making sure that the citizens of Harrisonburg are able to participate in government processes, which makes for healthy political dialogue. Residents of 22802 can stay up-to-date with local politics by attending meetings or following news outlets online.
The political climate in Zip 22802 (Harrisonburg, VA) is moderately liberal.
Harrisonburg City County, VA is very liberal. In Harrisonburg City County, VA 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrisonburg city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 32.7%.
Harrisonburg city county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22802 (Harrisonburg, VA) is moderately liberal.
Harrisonburg, Virginia is moderately liberal.
Harrisonburg City County, Virginia is very liberal.
Harrisonburg Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Harrisonburg, Virginia: R R 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 22802 (Harrisonburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,492 contributions totaling $126,792 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $49,749 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)