The small town of Pilgrims Knob, VA is home to 24634 people and a thriving local politics scene. The town has two major political parties, the Democrats and the Republicans. Locally elected officials include the Mayor, Vice Mayor, Town Council Representatives, and school board members who are responsible for setting policies related to education, public safety, infrastructure, taxation and government services. The citizens of Pilgrims Knob come together every election season to cast their vote in support of their preferred candidates and ensure that their voice is heard at the local level. Local candidates often take part in debates and forums with their constituents so that they can better understand how their policies will affect different people within the community. It鈥檚 through this kind of engagement with the electorate that decisions are made which reflect the needs of all members of the town.
The political climate in Zip 24634 (Pilgrims Knob, VA) is very conservative.
Buchanan County, VA is very conservative. In Buchanan County, VA 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buchanan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 15.9%.
Buchanan county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24634 (Pilgrims Knob, VA) is very conservative.
Pilgrims Knob, Virginia is very conservative.
Buchanan 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.
Pilgrims Knob, 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 24634 (Pilgrims Knob)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)