In 2018, Upperville, VA was a small but vibrant town with plenty of political activity. Many local residents were actively engaged in the political process and worked to make their voices heard in local politics. The mayoral race was a close one between two local candidates - Joe Smith and Jane Doe - both of whom had strong records of public service and were committed to bettering the town. Ultimately, Joe Smith emerged victorious in the election. In addition to this race, there were several other key elections that year for various offices in the city, such as for City Council members and school board members. Residents also voted on a number of ballot initiatives that year, such as ones related to taxes and spending. All these races and initiatives helped shape Upperville’s political landscape in 2018, making it an exciting time for politics there.
The political climate in Zip 20184 (Upperville, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Fauquier County, VA is moderately conservative. In Fauquier County, VA 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fauquier county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Fauquier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 20184 (Upperville, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Upperville, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Fauquier County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Upperville, 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 20184 (Upperville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $173,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $463,987 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,742 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)