Virgilina, VA is a small town located in Halifax County. It has a long and interesting history of local politics, with citizens actively engaging in the political process and electing representatives to represent their interests. While the town's population may be small, its citizens take their role as active participants in local politics seriously. Residents of Virgilina make sure to stay informed on local political issues, attend town hall meetings, and vote for representatives who will best serve their interests. With elections looming, candidates are already out campaigning in an effort to win the hearts and minds of Virgilina's citizens. As such, it is important that residents continue to pay attention and make sure they are well informed when deciding which candidate will best serve their community's needs.
The political climate in Virgilina, VA is moderately conservative.
Halifax County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Halifax County, VA 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Halifax county remained very strongly Republican, 57.1% to 42.0%.
Halifax county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Virgilina, VA is moderately conservative.
Halifax 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.
Virgilina, 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 Virgilina, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)