Baskerville, VA is a vibrant community located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. It is a town with deep roots and strong values that are reflected in its local politics. The local politics in Baskerville revolve around issues such as education, healthcare, public safety, infrastructure and economic growth. Many residents take an active role in local politics by voting for representatives who support their views on these key issues. Local politicians hold town hall meetings to discuss policy and budgeting decisions, while political action committees work to ensure that all voices are heard in the decision-making process. Residents are passionate about making sure that their concerns are taken into account when it comes to major decisions affecting the future of Baskerville.
The political climate in Baskerville, VA is somewhat conservative.
Mecklenburg County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Mecklenburg County, VA 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecklenburg county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 42.0%.
Mecklenburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baskerville, VA is somewhat conservative.
Mecklenburg 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.
Baskerville, 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 Baskerville, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 216 contributions totaling $6,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $4,819 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)