Northumberland County, Virginia is in the Northern Neck region and is part of the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace American Viticulture Area. The county's politics are rooted in early colonial history, when Virginia was a British colony and heavily dependent on agricultural production to support its economy. Today the county is served by two local political representatives, including a delegate to the House of Delegates and a senator to the Senate of Virginia. Northumberland County voters have a wide range of interests which they represent in their choice of political candidates. Their values generally center around fiscal responsibility, economic development, job creation, education reform, public safety and environmental protection. Residents also take an active role in local politics through voting initiatives, attending town meetings and participating in local debates over issues that affect them directly.
The political climate in Northumberland County, VA is somewhat conservative.
In Northumberland County, VA 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Northumberland county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 41.6%.
Northumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Northumberland County, VA is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Northumberland, 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 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 Northumberland County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 463 contributions totaling $54,179 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 448 contributions totaling $103,833 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)