Nottoway County, VA is a small county located in south-central Virginia. It has a rich history and culture that dates back to the Revolutionary War when General George Washington camped at the county's courthouse. The politics of Nottoway County are largely dominated by the two major political parties, the Democratic and Republican Parties. Locally, there are several political candidates running for office in 2019. On the Democratic side, incumbent Supervisor R. Bruce Tuck is running for re-election as well as two other candidates, John W. Roberts Jr., and Anne Crenshaw-Cox. On the Republican side, incumbent Sheriff Larry Scearce is running for re-election along with candidates Wilbur Rosser and Andrew Knighton. All of these candidates are vying to represent Nottoway County in local government and bring about positive change for its citizens.
The political climate in Nottoway County, VA is somewhat conservative.
In Nottoway County, VA 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nottoway county remained strongly Republican, 56.9% to 42.0%.
Nottoway county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nottoway 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.
Nottoway, 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 Nottoway County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $12,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $8,856 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)