Rushmere, VA is a small rural community in the heart of Virginia. Despite its size, Rushmere is an important part of the state's political landscape. Rushmere is represented by a variety of political organizations, from local to state level. Local and regional political races in Rushmere are often hotly contested as local residents strive to ensure their voices are heard on issues that matter most to them. From school boards to county committees, politics in Rushmere are often closely monitored with the aim of making sure local interests are well represented in decision-making processes. With such an active and engaged citizenry, Rushmere is sure to remain a hub of political activity for years to come.
The political climate in Rushmere, VA is moderately conservative.
Isle of Wight County, VA is moderately conservative. In Isle of Wight County, VA 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isle of Wight county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 40.1%.
Isle of Wight county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rushmere, VA is moderately conservative.
Isle of Wight County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 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.
Rushmere, 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 Rushmere, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 294 contributions totaling $28,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $34,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)