The small town of 22623 Chester Gap, VA is a rural area located in Fauquier County. It has a strong sense of community and the residents are passionate about their local politics. Every election season is an exciting time for the locals, as they come together to discuss the issues that matter most to them and decide on which candidate will best represent their interests in office. This year, the main focus of debate centers around economic development, public safety, and educational funding. Local candidates have been presenting their platforms to the citizens of Chester Gap in order to gain support from the community and win their votes. With each candidate offering promising solutions to important issues facing the town, it's shaping up to be a highly contested election cycle. The people of Chester Gap take great pride in taking part in the democratic process and look forward to casting their votes on Election Day.
The political climate in Zip 22623 (Chester Gap, VA) is moderately conservative.
Rappahannock County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Rappahannock County, VA 42.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rappahannock county remained strongly Republican, 56.5% to 42.1%.
Rappahannock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22623 (Chester Gap, VA) is moderately conservative.
Chester Gap, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Rappahannock County, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Chester Gap, 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 22623 (Chester Gap)
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 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)