The politics in Ashburn, VA are heavily influenced by the state government and its leaders. The county is represented in the Virginia House of Delegates by three delegates from the 33rd District, which includes parts of Loudoun and Prince William County. In addition to the local representatives, Ashburn also has representatives in the Virginia Senate, with one of them being a member of the Republican Party. On a national level, Ashburn is part of Virginia鈥檚 10th congressional district, which is currently represented by Barbara Comstock (R). At the city level, major decisions concerning Ashburn are made by an elected Board of Supervisors which consists of seven members. Overall, politics in Ashburn tend to be more conservative with a large portion of voters leaning toward the Republican Party.
The political climate in Ashburn, VA is leaning liberal.
Loudoun County, VA is strongly liberal. In Loudoun County, VA 61.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Loudoun county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.5% to 36.5%.
Loudoun county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashburn, VA is leaning liberal.
Loudoun County, Virginia is strongly 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.
Ashburn, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Ashburn, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,163 contributions totaling $1,888,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,576 contributions totaling $1,294,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)