Mason Neck, VA is a small rural area located in Fairfax County. It is home to a diverse population of people from all walks of life including farmers, business owners, and families. Politically, the community is primarily represented by Republican candidates. The current congressman for the area is Gerry Connolly, a Democrat who has been serving since 2009. Locally, the Mason Neck Board of Supervisors is made up of five members who are elected by their constituents every two years. The board works to ensure that the needs of residents are met through effective decision making and policy implementation. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, Mason Neck also has its own School Board which works to provide quality education for the area's children. All in all, politics plays an important role in shaping everyday life in Mason Neck and those involved have an important responsibility to serve their community well.
The political climate in Mason Neck, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, VA is very liberal. In Fairfax County, VA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 28.0%.
Fairfax county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mason Neck, VA is moderately liberal.
Fairfax County, Virginia is very 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.
Mason Neck, Virginia: r d 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 Mason Neck, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,407 contributions totaling $262,930 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 608 contributions totaling $139,283 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)