The small town of Gasburg, VA is located in Brunswick County and has a population of around 5,000. Gasburg is part of the Virginia 4th Congressional District and is served by Republican Congressman Donald McEachin. The local government consists of a Mayor and Town Council, with four council members being elected at large for four-year terms. In recent years, the town has seen a surge in civic engagement from residents who are proud to be part of an active community. Political debates often center on issues such as economic growth, infrastructure development, and education funding. Local candidates focus on listening to constituents and responding to their needs with solutions that are feasible within the limits of the town's budget. Community members have become increasingly vocal about their support for policies that benefit everyone in Gasburg such as supporting small businesses and advocating for better access to health care services. Regardless of political affiliation, Gasburg residents take great pride in being active participants in their local politics.
The political climate in Zip 23857 (Gasburg, VA) is leaning liberal.
Brunswick County, VA is somewhat liberal. In Brunswick County, VA 57.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brunswick county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.3% to 42.2%.
Brunswick county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23857 (Gasburg, VA) is leaning liberal.
Gasburg, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Brunswick 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.
Gasburg, 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 23857 (Gasburg)
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 $201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)