The politics in 22904 University of Virginia, VA are largely driven by the local government. Elections for city council, school board, and other local offices are held regularly and provide citizens with the opportunity to have their voices heard and see their values reflected in the leadership of their community. The city council is responsible for overseeing a range of matters that affect the everyday lives of its citizens and is responsible for creating budgets, developing policies, setting taxation rates, and making decisions about public works projects. School board members help determine educational policies and hire school administrators while also advocating for local schools. Additionally, there are state representatives who work on behalf of constituents to ensure state level policies reflect the needs of their district. Together these elected officials strive to represent the values and beliefs of those they serve as they make decisions that shape our world today.
The political climate in Zip 22904 (University of Virginia, VA) is very liberal.
Charlottesville City County, VA is very liberal. In Charlottesville City County, VA 85.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 12.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlottesville city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 85.5% to 12.8%.
Charlottesville city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22904 (University of Virginia, VA) is very liberal.
University of Virginia, Virginia is very liberal.
Charlottesville City County, Virginia is very liberal.
Charlottesville Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
University of Virginia, Virginia: D D D D D D
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 22904 (University of Virginia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $223 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)