The small community of 22182 Wolf Trap, VA is home to a tight-knit and diverse population made up of families, young professionals, and retirees. The community prides itself in its strong sense of community connection and support. While the town does not have its own local government or elected officials, it does have access to representation through nearby cities’ governments such as Fairfax County. Members of the Wolf Trap community take part in the larger political discussions of nearby cities and show up to the polls in high numbers for state and federal elections. Local initiatives like school board elections are even discussed at Wolf Trap’s many social clubs and gatherings, with residents taking an active interest in what’s happening around them. Despite not having local representatives, Wolf Trap is still very engaged in politics at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 22182 (Wolf Trap, VA) is strongly liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22182 (Wolf Trap, VA) is strongly liberal.
Wolf Trap, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Fairfax County, Virginia is very liberal.
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.
Wolf Trap, Virginia: r 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 22182 (Wolf Trap)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,435 contributions totaling $1,370,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,705 contributions totaling $868,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $509 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)