The small town of Stephenson, VA, located in the 22656 zip code, is part of the larger Warren County community. The county itself is one of Virginia's most rural counties and is represented on a local level by three members of the Board of Supervisors who are elected every four years. On a state level, Warren County is currently represented in the Virginia House of Delegates by Tony Wilt and in the Virginia Senate by Jill Vogel. Other representatives at the state level include Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring. At a federal level, Warren County is represented in Congress by Barbara Comstock in the House of Representatives and Tim Kaine in the Senate. Locally, citizens are encouraged to be aware of their government representatives and to make use of their right to vote during elections.
The political climate in Zip 22656 (Stephenson, VA) is strongly conservative.
Frederick County, VA is strongly conservative. In Frederick County, VA 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Frederick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 35.3%.
Frederick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22656 (Stephenson, VA) is strongly conservative.
Stephenson, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Frederick County, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Winchester 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.
Stephenson, 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 22656 (Stephenson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)