Radford, VA (zip code 24142) is situated in the New River Valley and is home to a diverse population of nearly 17,000 people. The area is represented by local political figures who work hard to represent the citizens of Radford in the Virginia State Assembly and Senate. These officials continually strive to address issues important to their constituents, such as improving public safety, creating jobs, supporting education initiatives, and encouraging economic growth for the area. Additionally, they are responsible for protecting the rights of all citizens under state law. In short, Radford’s political landscape strives to ensure that its residents have access to good quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 24142 (Radford, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Radford City County, VA is somewhat liberal. In Radford City County, VA 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Radford city county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.1%.
Radford city county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24142 (Radford, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Radford, Virginia is somewhat liberal.
Radford City County, Virginia is somewhat liberal.
Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Radford, Virginia: r r 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 24142 (Radford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)