Prince Edward County, VA is highly involved in politics and has a tradition of active political engagement. Local elections are well attended and hotly contested, and the county takes its civic duty seriously. Political candidates are often well-known figures within the community, and they bring their own unique perspectives to the table. Local issues such as budgeting, land use, public safety, education, infrastructure development and other important topics make up much of the conversations at debates and forums leading up to an election. In recent years Prince Edward County has seen more competition for state-level positions like governor or senator as more citizens take part in these races. The county believes in its ability to shape policy through its representatives on both a local and national level.
The political climate in Prince Edward County, VA is leaning liberal.
In Prince Edward County, VA 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince Edward county remained moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 46.3%.
Prince Edward county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prince Edward County, VA is leaning liberal.
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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.
Prince Edward, Virginia: r 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 Prince Edward County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 359 contributions totaling $33,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $29,542 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)