The small town of Afton, Virginia (22920) is situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has a rich history and a vibrant culture that has helped shape its political outlook. Despite its small size, politics are an important part of life here. The primary issues that residents care about include economic development, education, healthcare, and public safety. The local political candidates running for office often focus on these topics to ensure that the community is well served by their government. Afton has two representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates: Chris Hurst and John Avoli. Both have a strong track record of working to improve their constituents lives through sensible policies on these issues. Additionally, they both work hard to ensure all citizens in their district have equal access to quality services from all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 22920 (Afton, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, VA is leaning conservative. In Nelson County, VA 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nelson county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.4%.
Nelson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22920 (Afton, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Afton, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Nelson County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Charlottesville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Afton, Virginia: r d d d 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 22920 (Afton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 696 contributions totaling $92,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $16,085 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)