The politics in 23336 Chincoteague, VA are heavily impacted by the local government. Decisions that affect the community are made by a Board of Supervisors, who are elected to serve a four-year term. The members of the board are responsible for making decisions related to public safety, education, and economic development. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, residents also have representatives in both the Virginia State Senate and House of Delegates. These representatives act as advocates for the people in their respective districts and work to make sure that they have a voice at the state level. The representatives also work to ensure that Chincoteague's interests, values, and goals are respected and achieved when making decisions and establishing policies.
The political climate in Zip 23336 (Chincoteague, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Accomack County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Accomack County, VA 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Accomack county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.7%.
Accomack county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23336 (Chincoteague, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Chincoteague, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Accomack 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.
Chincoteague, 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 23336 (Chincoteague)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 197 contributions totaling $16,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $5,364 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)