Sussex County, Virginia is a rural county located in the south-eastern part of the state. It has a total population of 12,087 people, spread over an area of 536 square miles. Politically speaking, Sussex County is represented by Republican Robert Bloxom Jr. in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Republican Frank Wagner in the State Senate. The county is served by two local school districts: Sussex County Public Schools and Southampton County Public Schools. The county also has several local government boards and committees including the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, and Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee which are all made up of members appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Additionally, citizens can stay informed about local politics through various media outlets such as WAVY TV10 or local newspapers like The Tidewater News or The Sussex Beacon. All these resources provide residents with detailed information regarding their current elected officials and any upcoming political initiatives that may be taking place.
The political climate in Sussex County, VA is somewhat liberal.
In Sussex County, VA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sussex county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 43.6%.
Sussex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sussex County, VA is somewhat 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.
Sussex, Virginia: d D D D D 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Sussex County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $5,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $6,270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)