Weyers Cave is a small town located in Augusta County, Virginia. It has a population of approximately 2,400 residents and is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors. The current board are comprised of Mr. Gerald Garber, Mrs. Annette Shiflett, Mr. Richard Loy, Mr. Ray Wills and Mr. Edward Wegener Jr., each representing one district within the community. The board meetings are held every second Tuesday in each month and are open to the public for attendance and discussion of local issues that affect the people of Weyers Cave.
The politics in Weyers Cave revolves around mainly local issues such as education, infrastructure, economic development, public safety and environmental protection. There are various organizations and groups that work alongside the Board to ensure that each issue is addressed properly. These include the Chamber of Commerce, which works to promote commerce within town limits; Faith in Action Community Center which provides assistance with food pantry services; Citizens Planning Task Force which reviews changes to zoning ordinances; Economic Development Advisory Committee which makes recommendations for economic growth; and the Village at Weyers Cave board of directors which works on developing new housing projects within the town limits. In addition to these groups there are also political candidate forums held throughout election cycles where citizens can hear from their prospective candidates about their plans and positions on important issues facing the community today.
The political climate in Zip 24486 (Weyers Cave, VA) is very conservative.
Augusta County, VA is very conservative. In Augusta County, VA 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Augusta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 25.6%.
Augusta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24486 (Weyers Cave, VA) is very conservative.
Weyers Cave, Virginia is very conservative.
Augusta County, Virginia is very conservative.
Staunton 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.
Weyers Cave, 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 24486 (Weyers Cave)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $3,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $8,623 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $616 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)