Onley, VA is located in Accomack County and is a small town with around 500 residents. Every four years, the townspeople elect a mayor who is responsible for overseeing the town’s government and ensuring that all of its needs are met. The mayor also leads the town council meetings which are attended by local citizens, business owners, and representatives from other towns in the county. During these meetings, important decisions are made about how to manage resources, economic development initiatives, and infrastructure investments. Additionally, local political candidates have been known to visit Onley to discuss their platform with the community during election season. Voters take an active role in deciding who they want to lead Onley’s government, and it is clear that they care deeply about the future of their community.
The political climate in Onley, VA is somewhat conservative.
Accomack County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Accomack County, VA 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Accomack county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.7%.
Accomack county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Onley, VA is somewhat conservative.
Accomack County, Virginia is somewhat 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.
Onley, 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 Onley, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $36,299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $13,013 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)