Mount Sidney, VA is a small town with a population of about 500 people. The politics in this town are dominated by local issues that affect the community, such as access to clean water, reducing crime rates, and improving education. There are no local political candidates at this time, but the town does have an active civic association which works to engage citizens in dialogue and promote positive change throughout the area. The association also keeps up with state and federal politics to ensure their members are well-informed about laws that may impact the Mount Sidney area.
The political climate in Mount Sidney, VA is strongly conservative.
Augusta County, VA is very conservative. In Augusta County, VA 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Augusta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 25.6%.
Augusta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Sidney, VA is strongly conservative.
Augusta County, Virginia is very conservative.
Staunton Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Mount Sidney, 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 Mount Sidney, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $8,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $19,264 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)