Marion, Virginia is located in the heart of the Appalachian mountains and is a small town with a population of about 5,000 people. In recent years, Marion has been undergoing rapid change due to the influx of new businesses and people from nearby cities. The local politics of Marion are influenced by state and national issues as well as local initiatives which are developed by the Town Council. The Town Council is comprised of five elected board members who serve four year terms and have voting power on measures such as budgeting, zoning, town codes and ordinances, public works projects, infrastructure improvements, economic development issues, and more. In addition to the Town Council there are many other forums where citizens can voice their opinions on civic matters such as Town Hall meetings that occur throughout the year and an active Board of Supervisors who also meet periodically to discuss local political matters.
The political climate in Zip 24354 (Marion, VA) is strongly conservative.
Smyth County, VA is very conservative. In Smyth County, VA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smyth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.3%.
Smyth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24354 (Marion, VA) is strongly conservative.
Marion, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Smyth County, Virginia is very conservative.
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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.
Marion, Virginia: R R 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 24354 (Marion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $11,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $14,836 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)