Politics in Urbanna, VA are heavily influenced by the local candidates who run for office each election cycle. These candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and work hard to represent their constituents in the best way possible. On election day, locals flock to the polls to cast their votes for their chosen candidate. They take into consideration many factors including such things as party affiliation, leadership style, policy stances and more when deciding who they will support. This often leads to lively town hall meetings and other debates between candidates throughout the year. The politics in Urbanna, VA have been quite active recently, with many passionate individuals vying for seats on various boards and commissions throughout the city.
The political climate in Urbanna, VA is moderately conservative.
Middlesex County, VA is strongly conservative. In Middlesex County, VA 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.7%.
Middlesex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Urbanna, VA is moderately conservative.
Middlesex County, Virginia is strongly 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.
Urbanna, 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 Urbanna, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $1,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $8,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)