Independent Hill, VA is a small town located in the northern part of the state. Although it is an independent municipality, it is closely related to its neighboring cities and towns when it comes to politics. The people of Independent Hill are passionate about their local issues and take part in political debates that affect their community. While there are no specific local candidates running for office, residents are engaged in civic activities such as voting on ballot measures or attending citywide meetings. Furthermore, many of the residents also stay informed about state and federal politics, allowing them to be aware of how laws passed at higher levels may affect their local government and community.
The political climate in Independent Hill, VA is leaning liberal.
Prince William County, VA is strongly liberal. In Prince William County, VA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince William county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
Prince William county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Independent Hill, VA is leaning liberal.
Prince William County, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Independent Hill, Virginia: r r D D D 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 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 Independent Hill, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,128 contributions totaling $589,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,526 contributions totaling $750,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)