Midland, VA is a small rural town with a population of about 1,000 people. The politics in Midland are largely dominated by local issues that affect the day-to-day lives of residents. The town is governed by a five-member council and mayor who are elected for four-year terms. Each election season, the townspeople come together to decide on local candidates who represent their values and will help improve the quality of life in Midland. Candidates typically focus on topics like economic development, housing, safety and security, education, healthcare access, and infrastructure maintenance. The local political discussion in Midland often centers around how best to balance economic growth while preserving the natural beauty of the region. All of these issues are important to ensure that Midland remains a vibrant community where its citizens can thrive and prosper.
The political climate in Midland, VA is moderately conservative.
Fauquier County, VA is moderately conservative. In Fauquier County, VA 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fauquier county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Fauquier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Midland, VA is moderately conservative.
Fauquier County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area 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.
Midland, 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 Midland, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $4,816 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $4,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)