The town of 24174 Thaxton, VA is a small rural community in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. As with many small towns across the country, local politics are an important part of life in this area. Elections for local government positions such as town council and mayor are held every two years to ensure that residents have their voices heard on matters that affect them directly. Candidates who fight for the issues that matter most to the people of 24174 Thaxton, VA are often successful in gaining office. Local elections also provide an opportunity for citizens to engage with their political representatives and become more involved in their own community's decision-making processes.
The political climate in Zip 24174 (Thaxton, VA) is very conservative.
Bedford County, VA is very conservative. In Bedford County, VA 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bedford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.0%.
Bedford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24174 (Thaxton, VA) is very conservative.
Thaxton, Virginia is very conservative.
Bedford County, Virginia is very conservative.
Lynchburg 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.
Thaxton, 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 24174 (Thaxton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)