Bensley, VA is a small town located in Southwest Virginia. Although it has a relatively small population of just over 3,000 people, the politics of the town are still an important issue for its citizens. The local government in Bensley includes a mayor and a five-member Town Council, who are all elected by the residents for two-year terms. The Town Council is responsible for setting goals to improve the area's infrastructure, education, and safety programs. Additionally, they work closely with other local governments to ensure that Bensley remains part of larger initiatives taking place in the region. Throughout its history, Bensley has had a strong sense of community and government involvement, which continues to this day through an engaged electorate and active political participation from both citizens and local officials.
The political climate in Bensley, VA is somewhat liberal.
Chesterfield County, VA is leaning liberal. In Chesterfield County, VA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesterfield county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 45.8%.
Chesterfield county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bensley, VA is somewhat liberal.
Chesterfield County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Richmond 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.
Bensley, Virginia: R R r r r d
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 Bensley, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,519 contributions totaling $88,117 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 482 contributions totaling $67,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)