24501 Lynchburg, VA is an area with a vibrant political culture. It has numerous local political clubs, activists and organizations that strive to make our community a better place. Elections in the city are often competitive and feature candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds, representing both major political parties in the area. The city council and school board are also actively engaged in the politics of Lynchburg, frequently hosting public hearings and debates about key issues impacting the community. Overall, Lynchburg is an area that is passionate about democracy and ensuring that all voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 24501 (Lynchburg, VA) is leaning liberal.
Lynchburg City County, VA is leaning liberal. In Lynchburg City County, VA 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lynchburg city county flipped Democratic, 49.6% to 47.0%.
Lynchburg city county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24501 (Lynchburg, VA) is leaning liberal.
Lynchburg, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Lynchburg City County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Lynchburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Lynchburg, Virginia: r R r R r d
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 24501 (Lynchburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 238 contributions totaling $24,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $24,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)