King William, VA is a small rural town located in the southern state of Virginia. This community is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors who are elected to four-year terms. King William’s government is mainly focused on public safety, economic development and infrastructure improvements. The Board works closely with the Sheriff's Office, Fire & Rescue Department, and Emergency Services to ensure that the residents of King William have all the necessary resources to stay safe and healthy. Local politics in King William is often centered around issues like budgeting for services, maintaining public infrastructure and managing economic development opportunities. In addition to electing board members, King William citizens also participate in local initiatives such as approving bonds for schools and other public projects. As an active part of this political process, citizens can engage in conversations about their community’s future through forums and elections throughout the year.
The political climate in King William, VA is strongly conservative.
King William County, VA is very conservative. In King William County, VA 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, King William county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 30.4%.
King William county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
King William, VA is strongly conservative.
King William County, Virginia is very conservative.
Richmond 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.
King William, 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 King William, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $3,730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 313 contributions totaling $25,018 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)