Pearisburg, VA is located in Giles County and has a small population of around 2,000 people. Despite the small size of the town, it is home to an active political scene. Local political candidates in Pearisburg are involved in many different aspects of government such as local schools, healthcare, and infrastructure planning. They hold town hall meetings to discuss important issues that affect the community and provide resources for citizens to get engaged with the election process. These meetings often take on a more informal atmosphere and offer a great opportunity for residents to gather and discuss important topics which impact their day-to-day lives. Furthermore candidates actively campaign throughout the town, often focusing on door-to-door initiatives as well as hosting events such as debates or forums where they can reach out to voters directly. As a result of this direct interaction between citizens and their local representatives, Pearisburg has an engaged citizenry that is actively involved in its politics.
The political climate in Zip 24134 (Pearisburg, VA) is strongly conservative.
Giles County, VA is very conservative. In Giles County, VA 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Giles county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.5%.
Giles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24134 (Pearisburg, VA) is strongly conservative.
Pearisburg, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Giles County, Virginia is very conservative.
Blacksburg-Christiansburg 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.
Pearisburg, 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 24134 (Pearisburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $23,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $3,864 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)