The politics in 22508 Lake of the Woods, VA are largely determined by the local government, which is made up of a five-member Board of Supervisors. This board works to pass laws and make decisions regarding the town's budget. Additionally, each supervisor represents their district in an elected office. In terms of representation at larger levels, 22508 Lake of the Woods is located in Virginia’s 10th congressional district and represented by Congresswoman Barbara Comstock in Washington D.C.. The majority party in state government is currently Republican and has been since 2012. It has been a long standing tradition that residents of the area participate actively in political discourse and discussions about current events and legislation that will affect them directly.
The political climate in Zip 22508 (Lake of the Woods, VA) is moderately conservative.
Orange County, VA is moderately conservative. In Orange County, VA 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 38.5%.
Orange county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22508 (Lake of the Woods, VA) is moderately conservative.
Lake of the Woods, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Orange County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
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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.
Lake of the Woods, 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 22508 (Lake of the Woods)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 594 contributions totaling $38,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $36,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)