Lovingston, VA is a small town located in Nelson County with a population of around 2,400 people. The local government is made up of the Town Council which consists of seven members that are elected from the community and serve for four years. The Town Council makes decisions on topics such as budgeting spending, improving public safety and infrastructure, zoning and land use, and other local regulations. Local politics in Lovingston are centered around issues that affect the daily lives of citizens including access to public services, development and business expansion opportunities, job growth, education programs, and environmental sustainability initiatives. Every year the community comes together to vote in representatives for Town Council who will help make decisions that will benefit all citizens of Lovingston. As an important part of a democracy, political engagement among citizens in Lovingston is encouraged so that their voices can be heard when it comes to making decisions for the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 22949 (Lovingston, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, VA is leaning conservative. In Nelson County, VA 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nelson county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.4%.
Nelson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22949 (Lovingston, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Lovingston, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Charlottesville Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Lovingston, Virginia: r d d d 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 22949 (Lovingston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $21,849 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)