The town of 22827 Elkton, VA is a small rural community with a population of around 2,000 people. It is located in Rockingham County and is part of Virginia's 6th congressional district. The local political landscape is dominated by the Republican Party, which has held most of the offices in the area over the past few decades. In recent years, there have been some changes to this party control with Democrats slowly gaining some support. However, most of the political candidates running for office are still generally from the Republican Party. Issues that are important to local residents include protecting their rights to access public land and preserving their rural lifestyle. Overall, 22827 Elkton, VA remains a mostly conservative area politically but with increasing diversity among its elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 22827 (Elkton, VA) is very conservative.
Rockingham County, VA is very conservative. In Rockingham County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Rockingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22827 (Elkton, VA) is very conservative.
Elkton, Virginia is very conservative.
Rockingham County, Virginia is very conservative.
Harrisonburg Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Elkton, 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 22827 (Elkton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $3,043 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $7,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)