Fredericksburg, Virginia is a small city located in the state of Virginia. This city has a unique political climate that is shaped by its long history and local population. In recent years, Fredericksburg has been represented by several candidates in county, state and federal elections. On the county level, current representatives include Jay McConville for Supervisor and Bob Thomas for Clerk of Court. On the state level, Chris Peace represents Fredericksburg as a member of Virginia's House of Delegates while Tim Kaine represents the city in the Senate. At the federal level, Rob Wittman serves as Fredericksburg鈥檚 representative to Congress. All these candidates are invested in making sure that Fredericksburg鈥檚 needs are met and that its residents have their voices heard on important matters of policy and public opinion.
The political climate in Zip 22408 (Fredericksburg, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Spotsylvania County, VA is leaning conservative. In Spotsylvania County, VA 45.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spotsylvania county remained moderately Republican, 52.3% to 45.6%.
Spotsylvania county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22408 (Fredericksburg, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Fredericksburg, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Spotsylvania County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
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.
Fredericksburg, 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 22408 (Fredericksburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 653 contributions totaling $34,040 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 358 contributions totaling $81,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)