Pungoteague, VA is an unincorporated community located in Accomack County. It is a small and rural area that has a longstanding history of local politics. The community takes part in local elections to decide who will represent them on the Town Council and Mayor. Residents of Pungoteague come together to discuss the issues that are important to their community, from infrastructure to education policies. They work together to create solutions that will benefit all residents and promote growth in the community. In addition, Pungoteague regularly participates in state-level elections for representatives and senators, as well as national elections for president every four years. All citizens of this small town have the right to exercise their political voice through these voting processes.
The political climate in Pungoteague, VA is leaning conservative.
Accomack County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Accomack County, VA 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Accomack county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.7%.
Accomack county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pungoteague, VA is leaning conservative.
Accomack County, Virginia is somewhat 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.
Pungoteague, 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 Pungoteague, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $1,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $6,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)