In 2015, Marshall, VA was in the midst of an election season that saw a number of local political candidates vying for office. The city council race was particularly competitive, with candidates offering a range of ideas and perspectives on how to best serve their constituents. There were also numerous statewide and national races that had implications for the city's future. Local debates focused on topics related to education, economic development, public safety, and social justice initiatives. Residents engaged in meaningful discourse about their community's future, ensuring a vibrant democracy and a strong sense of civic involvement.
The political climate in Zip 20115 (Marshall, VA) is moderately conservative.
Fauquier County, VA is moderately conservative. In Fauquier County, VA 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fauquier county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Fauquier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 20115 (Marshall, VA) is moderately conservative.
Marshall, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Fauquier County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Marshall, 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 20115 (Marshall)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 496 contributions totaling $215,822 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $435 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $36,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)