Buckhall, VA is a small rural town located in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. This peaceful community is home to around 1,000 individuals who are mainly comprised of agricultural workers, small business owners and families looking for a quiet place to call home. Although it’s on the smaller side, Buckhall still has a vibrant political system that is driven by local residents and representatives alike. Every election cycle, Buckhall's citizens gather together to make their voices heard when it comes to electing their representatives at the county and state level. The primary focus of these elected officials is to ensure that the needs of the community are met and addressed with diligence and fairness. Additionally, they work with other organizations or government bodies in order to bring new resources or services into the area. Despite its small size, Buckhall residents take their politics seriously and strive to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to be part of the decision-making process.
The political climate in Buckhall, VA is leaning liberal.
Prince William County, VA is strongly liberal. In Prince William County, VA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince William county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
Prince William county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buckhall, VA is leaning liberal.
Prince William County, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Buckhall, Virginia: r r D D D 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 Buckhall, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,323 contributions totaling $400,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,809 contributions totaling $551,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)