The small town of 24639 Raven, VA is known for its strong sense of community and active citizens. The politics in the town are based on a strong local government presence and participation from both locals and politicians. The town works hard to ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to making decisions about the future of their community. Citizens have an active role in the decision-making process, as local elections play an important role in determining who will be representing them in office. All local political issues are discussed openly, with a great deal of transparency between citizens and politicians. Local citizens also take pride in engaging in civic activities and volunteerism to ensure that they are doing their part to help make their community a better place for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 24639 (Raven, VA) is strongly conservative.
Buchanan County, VA is very conservative. In Buchanan County, VA 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buchanan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 15.9%.
Buchanan county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24639 (Raven, VA) is strongly conservative.
Raven, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Buchanan County, Virginia is very conservative.
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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.
Raven, Virginia: D d 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 24639 (Raven)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)