South Hill, VA is a small rural town in southern Virginia with a population of approximately 4,500. Although South Hill boasts a long and proud history of small-town politics, the current political landscape is dominated by local representatives from both major parties. The town council consists of six members elected at large who are responsible for the direction and management of the town’s affairs. South Hill also elects two mayors every two years to represent the people in local government affairs. Local elections are held throughout the year to select the members of each branch of government. Over the years, South Hill citizens have been known to take their civic duty seriously as they make sure their voices are heard on issues that affect them locally. As such, it is important to know which candidates are running for office so that its citizens can make an informed decision come election day.
The political climate in South Hill, VA is leaning conservative.
Mecklenburg County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Mecklenburg County, VA 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecklenburg county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 42.0%.
Mecklenburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Hill, VA is leaning conservative.
Mecklenburg 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.
South Hill, 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 South Hill, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 685 contributions totaling $20,805 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $29,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)