Woodlake, VA is a small town located in the center of Virginia’s coastline. While the town itself is quite small, the political landscape of Woodlake is quite vibrant. Local elections take place every two years and feature races for Mayor and Town Council members. Due to its size, there are generally only a few candidates running at any one time. Candidates typically have a clear platform that addresses local issues such as economic development, infrastructure maintenance, and social services. In recent years, there has been an increased emphasis on environmental sustainability among the candidates with many pledging to reduce local waste and emissions wherever possible. Overall, Woodlake residents are very engaged in the politics of their community and take part in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard and their needs met by their elected officials.
The political climate in Woodlake, VA is leaning conservative.
Chesterfield County, VA is leaning liberal. In Chesterfield County, VA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesterfield county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 45.8%.
Chesterfield county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Woodlake, VA is leaning conservative.
Chesterfield County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Richmond 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.
Woodlake, Virginia: R R r r r 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 Woodlake, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,118 contributions totaling $135,684 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 598 contributions totaling $91,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)