Chase City, VA is a small town in the state of Virginia with a population of 2, 817 people. It is governed by an elected Mayor and Council who work together to maintain the city’s services and its unique culture. The town’s economy is largely based on agriculture and tourism. Each year, Chase City residents participate in elections to determine the representatives for the Mayor and Council positions. Residents can become involved by attending public meetings to voice their opinions on local issues, or by voting for their preferred political candidates during election season. The current mayor of Chase City is Stephen Lunsford, who has held the office since 2017 and was recently re-elected in 2021. Council members serve four-year terms which are staggered so that elections happen every two years. The council members are responsible for creating policies and setting annual budgets for the city’s services such as infrastructure, public safety, utilities, parks and recreation, and more. Elections are critical in ensuring that Chase City remains a vibrant and prosperous community for its citizens.
The political climate in Chase City, VA is leaning 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
Chase City, VA is leaning 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.
Chase City, 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 Chase City, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $2,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $26,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $351 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)