Seven Mile Ford is a small, rural community in Virginia that is home to a variety of political ideologies. The city is represented by the Republican Party in both local and federal politics. While the state of Virginia tends to lean towards the Democratic party, Seven Mile Ford residents tend to support more conservative candidates and policies. On the local level, voters are engaged in issues such as education, infrastructure, environmental protection, public safety, and economic growth. Residents strongly believe in the importance of taking action on these issues while also recognizing that some government regulations may be necessary to ensure fairness for all citizens. In recent elections, candidates have focused on creating jobs in the area while ensuring that taxes remain low. All Seven Mile Ford citizens have a strong connection to their city and take pride in their voting choices.
The political climate in Seven Mile Ford, VA is strongly conservative.
Smyth County, VA is very conservative. In Smyth County, VA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smyth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.3%.
Smyth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seven Mile Ford, VA is strongly conservative.
Smyth County, Virginia is very 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.
Seven Mile Ford, 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 Seven Mile Ford, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $33,846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $44,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)