Lebanon, Virginia (24266) is a small rural town located in Southwest Virginia. It is an unincorporated community, meaning it does not have its own local government or political leaders. However, the area falls within the boundaries of Russell County and is represented by state and federal representatives in Richmond and Washington D.C., respectively. Residents of Lebanon are typically active in local politics by voting in both state and federal elections as well as participating in public forums with their local representatives on important topics such as economic development, education funding, and infrastructure improvements. In addition to being politically active, the citizens of Lebanon take pride in their hometown’s rich history and culture. Local events such as festivals, county fairs, music concerts, fundraisers are often well attended by residents who come together to support their community.
The political climate in Zip 24266 (Lebanon, VA) is strongly conservative.
Russell County, VA is very conservative. In Russell County, VA 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Russell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.7%.
Russell county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24266 (Lebanon, VA) is strongly conservative.
Lebanon, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Russell County, Virginia is very 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.
Lebanon, Virginia: d 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 24266 (Lebanon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 275 contributions totaling $30,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $5,566 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)