The small town of Richlands, VA (zip code 24641) is home to a tight-knit community with a unique political landscape. The town does not have any local candidates running for office and instead focuses on state and national politics. Town residents are mainly conservative in their views, but there are some moderates who advocate for increased involvement in civic engagement. Local issues like zoning ordinances and infrastructure development are important to the citizens of Richlands and they often lobby their state representatives to ensure they receive adequate attention. Residents are dedicated to preserving the small-town atmosphere that makes the community so unique, while also advocating for change where necessary.
The political climate in Zip 24641 (Richlands, VA) is strongly conservative.
Tazewell County, VA is very conservative. In Tazewell County, VA 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.1% to 15.9%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24641 (Richlands, VA) is strongly conservative.
Richlands, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Tazewell County, Virginia is very conservative.
Bluefield Metro Area is very 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.
Richlands, 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 24641 (Richlands)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $2,634 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $12,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)