Lake Caroline, VA is a small community located near the Chesapeake Bay. Despite its size, it has an active political atmosphere with citizens actively engaged in local and state politics. The town has an elected mayor and city council that work together to ensure the best interests of the community are met. They work on issues such as public safety and education, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and environmental conservation. Citizens of Lake Caroline have access to political candidates across all levels of government from local district races to national ones. Many candidates come to town to share their platform and gain support from the community during election season. Residents take advantage of these opportunities by attending political events, writing letters to their representatives, or engaging in political conversations online or on social media. This helps them stay informed about current events and makes sure they have a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.
The political climate in Lake Caroline, VA is leaning conservative.
Caroline County, VA is leaning conservative. In Caroline County, VA 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caroline county remained Republican, 51.2% to 47.0%.
Caroline county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Caroline, VA is leaning conservative.
Caroline County, Virginia is leaning 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.
Lake Caroline, Virginia: d r D d 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 Lake Caroline, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 430 contributions totaling $16,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $10,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)