The 10 Most Conservative Cities In Virginia For 2024


The most conservative cities in Virginia are Bluefield and Richlands for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Now that we’re headed towards the next big election, we wanted to get a better sense of what parts of Virginia would be the most likely to back Donald Trump again.

Specifically, which cities have the highest number of conservative voters in the Old Dominion?

To do so, we used Saturday Night Science to measure how each city in Virginia with populations greater than 5,000 voted in past elections. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Republican were named the most conservative cities in the state.


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The 10 most conservative places in Virginia for 2024

  1. Bluefield
  2. Richlands
  3. Big Stone Gap
  4. Wytheville
  5. Marion
  6. Abingdon
  7. Poquoson
  8. Pulaski
  9. Galax
  10. Woodstock

Most Conservative Cities In Virginia Map

If you’re wondering, Petersburg is the most liberal city in Virginia of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our own biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most conservative cities in Virginia.

Additional reading about Virginia and the most conservative places in the country:

The 10 Most Conservative Places In Virginia For 2024

Bluefield, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Brian Stansberry | CC BY 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Percent Republican: 83.0%
More on Bluefield: Data | Crime | Real Estate

Richlands, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Brian Stansberry | CC BY 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Percent Republican: 83.0%
More on Richlands: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Big Stone Gap, VA

Source: Wikipedia User KJPurscell | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Percent Republican: 80.4%
More on Big Stone Gap: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Wytheville, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Mark Warner | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Percent Republican: 77.8%
More on Wytheville: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Marion, VA

Source: Wikipedia User DwayneP (talk) | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Percent Republican: 77.6%
More on Marion: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Abingdon, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Ricknightcrawler | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Percent Republican: 75.6%
More on Abingdon: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Poquoson, VA

Source: Wikipedia User Chrisfortier at English Wikipedia | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Percent Republican: 71.3%
More on Poquoson: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Pulaski, VA

Source: Wikipedia User DwayneP (talk) | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Percent Republican: 69.8%
More on Pulaski: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Galax, VA

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

2
/10

Percent Republican: 69.6%
More on Galax: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Woodstock, VA

Source: Wikipedia User DwayneP | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Percent Republican: 69.5%
More on Woodstock: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

How we determined the most conservative cities in Virginia for 2024

To find the most conservative places in Virginia, we used Saturday Night Science – the argument you’d make at a bar – to find the cities with the most conservatives.

We started by making a list of every city in Virginia over 5,000 people based on the 2018-2022 American Community Survey. That left us with 62 cities and towns.

We then measured the voting record and MIT election data to determine which places rock the most rightward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For The Republican President In 2020

Because no voting data exists at the city level, we used county-level election results from the 2020 election. We assigned every city in a county the percentage of votes that went to the Republicans, effectively extending the county’s results to the city level. In cases where larger cities encompassed an entire county, the election outcomes accurately reflected the city’s political landscape.

Next, we ranked each city from 1 to 62 for each criterion, where number one was the most conservative.

The winner, Bluefield, is “The Most Conservative City in Virginia For 2024”. The most liberal place in Virginia was Petersburg.

We updated this article for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the most conservative places to live in Virginia.

Summing Up The Conservative Strongholds in Virginia

Well, there you have it, the places in Virginia that have the highest number of conservatives per capita, with Bluefield ranking as the most conservative in the entire state.

The most conservative cities in Virginia are Bluefield, Richlands, Big Stone Gap, Wytheville, Marion, Abingdon, Poquoson, Pulaski, Galax, and Woodstock.

If you’re curious, here are the least conservative cities in Virginia:

  1. Petersburg
  2. Charlottesville
  3. Richmond

For more Virginia reading, check out:

Most Conservative Places In Virginia

Rank City Population % Conservative
1 Bluefield, VA 5,059 83.0%
2 Richlands, VA 5,266 83.0%
3 Big Stone Gap, VA 5,221 80.4%
4 Wytheville, VA 8,228 77.8%
5 Marion, VA 5,722 77.6%
6 Abingdon, VA 8,346 75.6%
7 Poquoson, VA 12,479 71.3%
8 Pulaski, VA 8,982 69.8%
9 Galax, VA 6,687 69.6%
10 Woodstock, VA 5,798 69.5%
11 Strasburg, VA 7,104 69.5%
12 Bridgewater, VA 6,575 69.3%
13 Bristol, VA 17,036 68.4%
14 Buena Vista, VA 6,639 67.1%
15 Front Royal, VA 15,064 66.5%
16 Colonial Heights, VA 18,158 65.6%
17 Ashland, VA 7,617 62.4%
18 Covington, VA 5,722 60.7%
19 Vinton, VA 8,045 59.9%
20 Culpeper, VA 20,105 59.1%
21 Salem, VA 25,372 58.9%
22 Smithfield, VA 8,625 58.4%
23 Warrenton, VA 10,111 57.5%
24 South Boston, VA 7,942 57.1%
25 Farmville, VA 7,647 56.8%
26 Waynesboro, VA 22,341 51.4%
27 Lynchburg, VA 79,166 47.0%
28 Virginia Beach, VA 457,900 46.1%
29 Blacksburg, VA 45,147 45.8%
30 Christiansburg, VA 22,947 45.8%
31 Chesapeake, VA 249,377 45.7%
32 Radford, VA 16,379 44.1%
33 Staunton, VA 25,581 43.8%
34 Winchester, VA 28,103 43.1%
35 Hopewell, VA 23,046 41.8%
36 Suffolk, VA 94,856 40.5%
37 Danville, VA 42,507 38.2%
38 Manassas, VA 42,620 36.8%
39 Franklin, VA 8,194 36.6%
40 Leesburg, VA 48,465 36.5%
41 Purcellville, VA 8,928 36.5%
42 Roanoke, VA 99,213 36.0%
43 Martinsville, VA 13,539 35.9%
44 Dumfries, VA 5,697 35.6%
45 Lexington, VA 7,346 32.8%
46 Harrisonburg, VA 51,784 32.7%
47 Manassas Park, VA 17,123 32.5%
48 Newport News, VA 185,118 32.5%
49 Emporia, VA 5,680 31.6%
50 Fredericksburg, VA 28,258 31.4%
51 Fairfax, VA 24,242 29.7%
52 Portsmouth, VA 97,384 28.6%
53 Williamsburg, VA 15,486 28.5%
54 Vienna, VA 16,401 28.0%
55 Herndon, VA 24,456 28.0%
56 Hampton, VA 137,217 27.9%
57 Norfolk, VA 236,973 26.1%
58 Alexandria, VA 157,594 17.6%
59 Falls Church, VA 14,576 16.9%
60 Richmond, VA 227,171 14.9%
61 Charlottesville, VA 46,289 12.8%
62 Petersburg, VA 33,261 11.2%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

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