Lancaster, VA is a small city located in the state of Virginia. It is home to a population of around 2,000 people and is known for its historic sites and landmarks. As a result, citizens of 22503 Lancaster take great pride in their local politics – both from a civic and political perspective. Local voters are presented with an array of options when it comes to choosing leaders to represent the community at various levels such as City Council or school board. Each candidate has their own unique platform that focuses on improving services for the locality while at the same time making sure that fiscal responsibility is taken into account. Through elections, Lancaster residents have the opportunity to make their voice heard and thus shape the direction of their city's future.
The political climate in Zip 22503 (Lancaster, VA) is leaning conservative.
Lancaster County, VA is leaning conservative. In Lancaster County, VA 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained Republican, 51.7% to 47.1%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22503 (Lancaster, VA) is leaning conservative.
Lancaster, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Lancaster County, Virginia is leaning 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.
Lancaster, 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 22503 (Lancaster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $18,953 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $16,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)