Gloucester Point, VA is a small town located on the York River in Virginia. It is home to many local businesses, recreational facilities and tourist attractions. Politically, Gloucester Point is part of the larger Gloucester County and is represented in the Virginia House of Delegates by Margaret Ransone, who was re-elected in 2019. Local elections are held every four years for Mayor, Vice Mayor, Town Council and School Board members. There are multiple political parties represented in the area, with both Democrats and Republicans competing for seats on the Town Council and other local offices. The local population is very engaged in the political process and regularly attend council meetings to voice their opinions and concerns about current issues. It's an important part of life in Gloucester Point that helps keep everyone engaged in making it an even better place to live.
The political climate in Gloucester Point, VA is strongly conservative.
Gloucester County, VA is very conservative. In Gloucester County, VA 31.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gloucester county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 31.3%.
Gloucester county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gloucester Point, VA is strongly conservative.
Gloucester County, Virginia is very conservative.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 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.
Gloucester Point, 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 Gloucester Point, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,030 contributions totaling $44,560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 179 contributions totaling $21,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)