Rockwood, VA is a small community located in the southwestern corner of Virginia. It is a rural area with plenty of natural beauty and outdoor activities to enjoy. Despite its size, Rockwood has a vibrant political landscape that shapes the community’s economic and social well-being. The local government is composed of different elected officials, such as the sheriff, county commissioner, and board of supervisors. These officials help to make decisions about taxation, infrastructure projects, education funding and other issues that impact the community. In addition to these offices, local citizens can also participate in campaigns for state and federal representatives who represent Rockwood's interests in Richmond or Washington D.C., respectively. Through their involvement in civic life, citizens of Rockwood have the opportunity to shape how their small town is governed for generations to come.
The political climate in Rockwood, VA is leaning liberal.
Chesterfield County, VA is leaning liberal. In Chesterfield County, VA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesterfield county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 45.8%.
Chesterfield county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockwood, VA is leaning liberal.
Chesterfield County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Richmond 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.
Rockwood, Virginia: R R r r r 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 Rockwood, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,133 contributions totaling $478,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 780 contributions totaling $209,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)