Virginville, PA is a small town with a population of approximately 3,500 people. Though the town is not large, its local politics are still important to those that call Virginville home. The current mayor of Virginville is John Smith, who was elected in 2020 and has been serving the community ever since. The local government consists of a five-member council that meets on a regular basis to discuss and vote on important issues that affect all residents of the town. In addition to electing leaders in local government, Virginville's citizens also participate in elections for state representatives and other political offices. Despite its size, there is no shortage of political involvement in Virginville among both young and old alike.
The political climate in Virginville, PA is moderately conservative.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Virginville, PA is moderately conservative.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Virginville, Pennsylvania: r r d 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 Virginville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,634 contributions totaling $63,644 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 212 contributions totaling $55,711 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)