Benns Church, VA is a small rural town in the southeastern part of the state with a long history of local politics. The town's political scene is known for its vigorous and passionate debates between community members on various issues. On the local level, citizens are represented by several elected official positions such as a mayor and city council members. There is an annual election for these positions in which qualified candidates put forward their platforms and address important issues that affect the town. The mayor has the authority to appoint certain board members to oversee specific areas such as public works or economic development projects. Residents of Benns Church come together during political campaigns in order to listen to each candidate's proposed solutions for addressing local concerns such as education, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. Despite disagreements over different party politics, residents of Benns Church often express pride in their robust political climate and take pride in participating in the democratic process.
The political climate in Benns Church, VA is somewhat conservative.
Isle of Wight County, VA is moderately conservative. In Isle of Wight County, VA 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isle of Wight county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 40.1%.
Isle of Wight county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benns Church, VA is somewhat conservative.
Isle of Wight County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Benns Church, 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 Benns Church, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 625 contributions totaling $68,444 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 457 contributions totaling $74,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)