Clarksville, Virginia is a small town located in Mecklenburg County. The town has a long history of strong civic engagement and takes pride in its community-driven initiatives. Although the town does not have any formal political representation in the state legislature, there is a lively local political scene. Interested residents can join several grassroots organizations that advocate for issues important to the community such as environmental protection and education reform. Additionally, Clarksville residents have an opportunity to get involved by attending city council meetings and voting on local referendums. Through these activities, citizens are able to have their voices heard on issues critical to the future of the town.
The political climate in Clarksville, VA is somewhat 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
Clarksville, VA is somewhat 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.
Clarksville, 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 Clarksville, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $13,931 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $29,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)