Kenbridge, VA is a small town in southern Virginia with a tight-knit community. The town's politics are largely rooted in conservative values, with many of the local populations voting for Republican candidates. However, recent elections have seen more progressive candidates gaining traction in the area and succeeding. People from both sides of the political aisle come together to discuss and debate issues important to Kenbridge residents. Everyone is encouraged to be involved and informed on current events, giving voice to all who participate in friendly dialogue about their beliefs and opinions. As such, Kenbridge remains an example of how politics can be discussed civilly and positively engage the local population.
The political climate in Kenbridge, VA is somewhat conservative.
Lunenburg County, VA is moderately conservative. In Lunenburg County, VA 40.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lunenburg county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 40.3%.
Lunenburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kenbridge, VA is somewhat conservative.
Lunenburg County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
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.
Kenbridge, 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 Kenbridge, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $24,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $620 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)