Elliston, VA is a small town located in Montgomery County. The town is known for its rural charm and strong sense of community. While Elliston has no major political offices, there are several local organizations that actively work to support the needs of the area. These organizations include the Elliston Area Community Council, which provides assistance to those in need; the Elliston Civic League, which works to improve community life; and the Elliston/Shawsville Ruritan Club, which helps to promote civic engagement. Each organization plays a role in helping to ensure that local residents have access to resources they need. Additionally, each organization works hard to ensure that political candidates understand and represent the diverse needs of the community. As such, they strive to bring fairness and equality into all aspects of politics within Elliston.
The political climate in Elliston, VA is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, VA is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, VA 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 45.8%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elliston, VA is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, Virginia is leaning 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.
Elliston, Virginia: r r d r 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 Elliston, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $6,328 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $964 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)