The city of Emporia, VA is located in the south-central part of the state of Virginia. It has a population of around 8,000 people and is served by the Greensville County Public Schools district. Politically, Emporia is a traditionally Democratic area. The current mayor is John Gentry and he is running for re-election in 2020. Along with Mayor Gentry, there are currently three other candidates running for local office in 2020; Kortney Allen (Democrat), Annell Dimmock (Independent) and Joe Peery Jr. (Republican). Each candidate brings their own unique perspective to the race and all are committed to improving the lives of those living in Emporia.
The political climate in Zip 23847 (Emporia, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Greensville County, VA is somewhat liberal. In Greensville County, VA 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greensville county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 41.8%.
Greensville county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23847 (Emporia, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Emporia, Virginia is somewhat liberal.
Greensville County, Virginia is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Emporia, Virginia: D D D D D D
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 23847 (Emporia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $2,626 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $7,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)