24293 Wise, VA is a small rural town located in Southwest Virginia. While it is not home to a large population, the citizens of Wise County are actively involved in local politics. Every election season, voters turn out in droves to cast their ballots for candidates that represent their interests and values. Some of the most prominent political figures in 24293 Wise, VA include Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine as well as Delegate Israel O'Quinn and Senator Ben Chafin. These officials have worked hard to ensure that the voices of locals are heard at the state level and have helped lead efforts to improve infrastructure, education, and healthcare services in the area.
The political climate in Zip 24293 (Wise, VA) is strongly conservative.
Wise County, VA is very conservative. In Wise County, VA 18.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wise county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 18.7%.
Wise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24293 (Wise, VA) is strongly conservative.
Wise, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Wise County, Virginia is very conservative.
Big Stone Gap Metro Area is very 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.
Wise, 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 24293 (Wise)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 422 contributions totaling $17,294 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $30,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)