The politics of 22834 Linville, VA are largely influenced by the local government. The small town is served by a mayor and four council members who are elected every two years by the citizens of the community. This local government works to ensure that the people have access to basic services such as police protection, street lighting, garbage collection, and other important municipal services. Furthermore, they strive to make sure that the town remains a safe and welcoming place for all its residents. They also work with state and federal representatives to ensure that legislation is enacted in order to benefit the entire town. There are also various volunteer opportunities available for citizens interested in becoming involved in their local politics.
The political climate in Zip 22834 (Linville, VA) is very conservative.
Rockingham County, VA is very conservative. In Rockingham County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Rockingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22834 (Linville, VA) is very conservative.
Linville, Virginia is very conservative.
Rockingham County, Virginia is very conservative.
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.
Linville, 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 22834 (Linville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 174 contributions totaling $9,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $4,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $437 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)