The politics of 22437 Center Cross, VA are dominated by the Republican Party. This is largely due to the rural nature of the town and its close proximity to Washington D.C. Residents of Center Cross tend to be very conservative in their political views and typically vote for GOP candidates. There is no local government in Center Cross, as it is an unincorporated area of rural Virginia, so there are no local political candidates running for office in the community. However, state and national elections do draw considerable participation from the residents of this small town. Overall, the politics in 22437 Center Cross, VA lean heavily towards conservatism and support for Republican candidates.
The political climate in Zip 22437 (Center Cross, VA) is leaning conservative.
Essex County, VA is leaning conservative. In Essex County, VA 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained narrowly Republican, 49.8% to 49.2%.
Essex county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22437 (Center Cross, VA) is leaning conservative.
Center Cross, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Essex County, Virginia is leaning 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.
Center Cross, Virginia: r r D d 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 22437 (Center Cross)
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)