Potomac Mills is a census-designated place located in Prince William County, Virginia. While the area has no local political candidates, it is a part of the 51st district in the Virginia House of Delegates that is represented by Democrat Hala Ayala. On the state level, Potomac Mills falls under the jurisdiction of Senator Jeremy McPike and delegate Richard L. Anderson. At the federal level, Potomac Mills is represented by Congressman Gerry Connolly and Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner. Issues such as education, public safety, health care, and transportation are important to residents of Potomac Mills and all of these representatives have worked hard to ensure that their constituents are taken care of. Local elections are held every two years in November for delegates and senators, while congressman are elected to serve a two-year term between January and December every election cycle. Voters in Potomac Mills also take part in countywide and statewide elections for officeholders ranging from county executive to governor.
The political climate in Potomac Mills, VA is somewhat liberal.
Prince William County, VA is strongly liberal. In Prince William County, VA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince William county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
Prince William county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Potomac Mills, VA is somewhat liberal.
Prince William County, Virginia is strongly liberal.
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.
Potomac Mills, Virginia: r r D D D D
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 Potomac Mills, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,604 contributions totaling $689,278 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,264 contributions totaling $489,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)