Carrsville, VA is a small rural town in the southeastern part of the state. The local political scene in Carrsville is dominated by issues related to its agricultural and fishing industries. Residents take an active interest in the politics of their local government, and the Town Council has been very responsive to their needs. The Council is composed of five members who are elected by residents every two years. Elections typically feature several candidates from different political backgrounds vying for each seat, allowing the citizens to choose those who they feel can best represent their interests. Recently, there has been a push from some of the younger generation to become more involved in local politics and increase awareness about important issues facing Carrsville and other rural towns like it.
The political climate in Carrsville, VA is moderately conservative.
Isle of Wight County, VA is moderately conservative. In Isle of Wight County, VA 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isle of Wight county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 40.1%.
Isle of Wight county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carrsville, VA is moderately conservative.
Isle of Wight County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 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.
Carrsville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Carrsville, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 436 contributions totaling $21,789 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $7,998 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)