The 10 Most Conservative Cities In Virginia For 2025


The most conservative cities in Virginia are Richlands and Bluefield for 2025 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Nick Johnson | About HomeSnacks
Last Updated: October 2, 2025

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 2025

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

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 2025

1. RichlandsRichlands Location In Virginia

Richlands, VA

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

4
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Percent Republican: 83.0%
More on Richlands: Data

2. Bluefield

Bluefield, VA

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

5
/10

Percent Republican: 83.0%
More on Bluefield: Data

3. Big Stone GapBig Stone Gap Location In Virginia

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

4. WythevilleWytheville Location In Virginia

Wytheville, VA

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

6
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Percent Republican: 77.8%
More on Wytheville: Data

5. MarionMarion Location In Virginia

Marion, VA

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

5
/10

Percent Republican: 77.6%
More on Marion: Data

6. AbingdonAbingdon Location In Virginia

Abingdon, VA

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

7
/10

Percent Republican: 75.6%
More on Abingdon: Data

7. Allen

Source: Public Domain
Overall SnackAbility

/10

Percent Republican: 73.1%
More on Allen :

8. PoquosonPoquoson Location In Virginia

Poquoson, VA

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

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Percent Republican: 71.3%
More on Poquoson: Data

9. PulaskiPulaski Location In Virginia

Pulaski, VA

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

4
/10

Percent Republican: 69.8%
More on Pulaski: Data

10. GalaxGalax Location In Virginia

Galax, VA

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

2
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Percent Republican: 69.6%
More on Galax: Data

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How we determined the most conservative cities in Virginia for 2025

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 2019-2023 American Community Survey. That left us with 64 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 64 for each criterion, where number one was the most conservative.

The winner, Richlands, is “The Most Conservative City in Virginia For 2025”. The most liberal place in Virginia was Petersburg.

We updated this article for 2025. 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 Richlands ranking as the most conservative in the entire state.

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

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

RankCityPopulation% Conservative
1Richlands, VA5,18883.0%
2Bluefield, VA5,01683.0%
3Big Stone Gap, VA5,19380.4%
4Wytheville, VA8,22477.8%
5Marion, VA5,69477.6%
6Abingdon, VA8,33275.6%
7Allen , VA6,70373.1%
8Poquoson, VA12,55671.3%
9Pulaski, VA8,93769.8%
10Galax, VA6,69869.6%
11Woodstock, VA5,85169.5%
12Strasburg, VA7,16269.5%
13Bridgewater, VA6,65069.3%
14Bristol, VA17,02468.4%
15Buena Vista, VA6,61267.1%
16Front Royal, VA15,15266.5%
17Colonial Heights, VA18,21065.6%
18Ashland, VA7,66762.4%
19Covington, VA5,67160.7%
20Vinton, VA8,03859.9%
21Orange, VA5,00059.9%
22Culpeper, VA20,43759.1%
23Salem, VA25,47758.9%
24Smithfield, VA8,72958.4%
25Warrenton, VA10,15157.5%
26South Boston, VA7,89657.1%
27Farmville, VA7,61356.8%
28Waynesboro, VA22,57451.4%
29Lynchburg, VA79,25547.0%
30Virginia Beach, VA457,06646.1%
31Blacksburg, VA45,28845.8%
32Christiansburg, VA22,82045.8%
33Chesapeake, VA251,15345.7%
34Radford, VA16,50544.1%
35Staunton, VA25,76543.8%
36Winchester, VA27,98143.1%
37Hopewell, VA22,94441.8%
38Suffolk, VA96,63840.5%
39Danville, VA42,23938.2%
40Manassas, VA42,67436.8%
41Franklin, VA8,21236.6%
42Purcellville, VA8,97436.5%
43Leesburg, VA48,78836.5%
44Roanoke, VA98,67736.0%
45Martinsville, VA13,58435.9%
46Dumfries, VA5,74935.6%
47Lexington, VA7,42032.8%
48Harrisonburg, VA51,49232.7%
49Manassas Park, VA16,92332.5%
50Newport News, VA184,77432.5%
51Emporia, VA5,63331.6%
52Fredericksburg, VA28,38331.4%
53Fairfax, VA24,47829.7%
54Portsmouth, VA97,29928.6%
55Williamsburg, VA15,56428.5%
56Herndon, VA24,52928.0%
57Vienna, VA16,36928.0%
58Hampton, VA137,33427.9%
59Norfolk, VA235,03726.1%
60Alexandria, VA156,78817.6%
61Falls Church, VA14,59316.9%
62Richmond, VA227,59514.9%
63Charlottesville, VA45,86312.8%
64Petersburg, VA33,36511.2%
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 900,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

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