Clintwood, VA is a small town in southwestern Virginia with a population of 1,849 people. Despite its size, politics play an important role in the lives of its citizens. The local government consists of a mayor and six town council members who are all elected by the residents of Clintwood on a four-year term. The current mayor is Joyce Anderson and the town council members are William Dunn, Harlan Henderson Jr., George Hines, Richard Ratliff, Jason Taylor, and Travis Ward. As a rural area, 24228 Clintwood is largely conservative with many of its citizens advocating for limited government spending and lower taxes. It is not uncommon to find people discussing current events or local politics throughout the community as it is an important topic among the residents.
The political climate in Zip 24228 (Clintwood, VA) is strongly conservative.
Dickenson County, VA is very conservative. In Dickenson County, VA 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickenson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 20.6%.
Dickenson county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24228 (Clintwood, VA) is strongly conservative.
Clintwood, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Dickenson County, Virginia is very conservative.
Big Stone Gap Metro Area is very 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.
Clintwood, Virginia: D d r R 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 24228 (Clintwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $10,270 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $3,315 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)