The politics in the vibrant city of Bayside, VA are a hot topic among its residents. With a variety of local politicians vying for positions that affect the lives of those who call Bayside home, there is no shortage of enthusiasm and engagement when it comes to civic participation. Every year, citizens come together to cast their ballots for local representatives and vote on important issues that will affect their everyday lives. Issues typically discussed among residents include education, public safety, infrastructure improvements, environmental regulations, and economic development plans. Regardless of which political party they align with or which candidate they choose to support, all parties work together to ensure the best interests of the community are met.
The political climate in Bayside, VA is somewhat conservative.
Accomack County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Accomack County, VA 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Accomack county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.7%.
Accomack county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bayside, VA is somewhat conservative.
Accomack 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.
Bayside, 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 Bayside, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 309 contributions totaling $27,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $13,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)