Staunton, Virginia is a small city located in the Shenandoah Valley. It is home to many small businesses and attractions, including the renowned Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum. Despite its small size, 24401 Staunton has an active political scene. The 2020 elections saw a record turnout of local voters, with citizens engaging in a variety of events to promote their chosen candidates. This year's election included contests for Mayor, City Council, Sheriff and Commonwealth's Attorney positions. Each race was hotly contested between several candidates who all brought different ideas and perspectives to the table. With so many voices vying for attention, it was clear that this community is passionate about its politics and cares deeply about who will represent them. Staunton residents have made it clear they have no shortage of opinions when it comes to their local leadership!
The political climate in Zip 24401 (Staunton, VA) is leaning liberal.
Staunton City County, VA is somewhat liberal. In Staunton City County, VA 53.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Staunton city county remained moderately Democratic, 53.7% to 43.8%.
Staunton city county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24401 (Staunton, VA) is leaning liberal.
Staunton, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Staunton City County, Virginia is somewhat liberal.
Staunton Metro Area is strongly 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.
Staunton, Virginia: R R d d 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 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 24401 (Staunton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,558 contributions totaling $169,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 813 contributions totaling $101,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)