24171 Stuart, VA is a small town located in Patrick County, Virginia. The area has a long history of local politics that has been shaped over the years by the values of its residents. Local elections typically focus on issues like economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and school funding. Elections usually feature a variety of candidates from both major political parties as well as local independents who support individual issues important to their constituents. Candidates need to appeal to voters through their platform and leadership skills in order to earn their support. With each election cycle, the politics of 24171 Stuart, VA continues to evolve and shape the future of this small but growing community.
The political climate in Zip 24171 (Stuart, VA) is very conservative.
Patrick County, VA is very conservative. In Patrick County, VA 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Patrick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.5%.
Patrick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24171 (Stuart, VA) is very conservative.
Stuart, Virginia is very conservative.
Patrick 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.
Stuart, 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 24171 (Stuart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 411 contributions totaling $24,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $9,955 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)