The politics in 23234 Meadowbrook, VA are mainly focused on local issues that affect the residents of the area. Since 23234 Meadowbrook is a small area with a population of around 7,000 people, the local government strives to meet the needs of its citizens and ensure that everyone has a voice in the decision-making process. The current mayor of 23234 Meadowbrook is Mr. Lewis Johnson who was elected in 2019 for his fourth term as mayor and is currently serving his fifth year in office. The town council consists of seven members who work together to make sure that any decisions they make are beneficial to the community as a whole. There are also various committees and boards including police advisory committee, parks and recreation commission, library board, and more which are each led by members from the community and have their own specific roles within the town.
The political climate in Zip 23234 (Meadowbrook, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Chesterfield County, VA is leaning liberal. In Chesterfield County, VA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesterfield county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 45.8%.
Chesterfield county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23234 (Meadowbrook, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Meadowbrook, Virginia is somewhat liberal.
Chesterfield County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Richmond Metro Area is moderately 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.
Meadowbrook, Virginia: R R r r r d
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 23234 (Meadowbrook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 389 contributions totaling $37,616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $27,743 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)