Branchville, VA is a small town located in 23828 and is known for its close-knit community. Politics play an important role in the lives of Branchville’s citizens. Every four years, residents of Branchville have the opportunity to cast their ballots during local elections. During these elections, Branchville residents vote on topics that directly affect the town’s future including new infrastructure projects, tax levies, and various other initiatives that promote development within the town. The candidates running for office must be aware of what matters most to the citizens of Branchville and how best to serve them. As such, political campaigns are vigorous and often require candidates to go door-by-door in order to reach out and communicate with constituents. After all votes are cast, it is then up to elected officials to ensure that they faithfully represent the beliefs and needs of their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 23828 (Branchville, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Southampton County, VA is moderately conservative. In Southampton County, VA 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Southampton county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 40.6%.
Southampton county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23828 (Branchville, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Branchville, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Southampton County, Virginia is moderately 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.
Branchville, Virginia: d 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 23828 (Branchville)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)