Emporia, Virginia is a small city with a strong sense of community. Politically, the citizens of Emporia are engaged and take their civic duties seriously. The city government consists of an elected Mayor and City Council that handle local policies and decisions. Local elections are heavily contested as candidates strive to make changes in the city and serve the people of Emporia through their leadership. The city is also home to notable politicians who have had an impact on state politics, such as Senator Mark Warner who served his term from 2009-2015. In addition, many other political organizations exist in Emporia to provide citizens with a platform for advocacy and discussion on matters important to the community.
The political climate in Emporia, VA is strongly liberal.
Emporia City County, VA is very liberal. In Emporia City County, VA 67.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emporia city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.7% to 31.7%.
Emporia city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Emporia, VA is strongly liberal.
Emporia City County, Virginia 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.
Emporia, Virginia: d D 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 Emporia, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $2,626 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $7,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)