The town of Boydton, VA is part of the Mecklenburg County in Virginia. It has a local government system made up of elected officials who serve the residents of the town in various capacities. These positions are filled by political candidates who run for office and are voted on by citizens during local elections. The current mayor is Jessie Haberman, with other members of the board including John Anderson, George Smith, and Ursula Wilcox. There is also a city council consisting of five members from different districts around Boydton that meet regularly to discuss issues and address concerns from the public. Economic development and education are two important topics discussed frequently by these officials as they work to ensure the growth and progress within the community.
The political climate in Zip 23917 (Boydton, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Mecklenburg County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Mecklenburg County, VA 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecklenburg county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 42.0%.
Mecklenburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23917 (Boydton, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Boydton, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Mecklenburg County, Virginia 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.
Boydton, 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 zip 23917 (Boydton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $5,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)