2016 was an interesting year for politics in Sterling, VA. There were many debates in the area during the election season and citizens had to make the decision on who to cast their vote for. The local political candidates were mostly Republican but there were a few independents and Democrats that ran as well. Issues such as health care, taxes, job growth, immigration, and security were at the forefront of conversations amongst the candidates. The election results showed that a majority of the votes went to Republican candidates despite any differences of opinion amongst constituents. Overall, 2016 was a competitive political scene in Sterling, VA and it will be interesting to see what the future brings in terms of local politics.
The political climate in Zip 20164 (Sterling, VA) is moderately liberal.
Loudoun County, VA is strongly liberal. In Loudoun County, VA 61.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Loudoun county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.5% to 36.5%.
Loudoun county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 20164 (Sterling, VA) is moderately liberal.
Sterling, Virginia is moderately liberal.
Loudoun County, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Sterling, 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 20164 (Sterling)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,541 contributions totaling $156,442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $34,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)