Union Level, VA is a small community that is part of the larger Fairfax County. The politics in Union Level are highly influenced by the overall politics of Fairfax County. All elections at the Union Level are overseen by the Fairfax County Board of Elections. Any local political candidates for Union Level must run within this county framework and be registered with the Board of Elections. The residents of Union Level vote for county-wide positions such as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Congressional representatives. They also have the opportunity to vote on local initiatives when applicable. Additionally, all citizens of Union Level are represented in state government by their assigned State Senate and House representatives. Overall, Union Level is strongly connected to the larger political landscape of Virginia as a whole.
The political climate in Union Level, VA is somewhat 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
Union Level, VA is somewhat 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.
Union Level, 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 Union Level, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 216 contributions totaling $6,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $4,644 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)