The small town of Hampden-Sydney, VA (zip code 23943) is a rural community located in Prince Edward County. It is governed by a Board of Supervisors consisting of five members who are elected by the citizens. This Board works to ensure the quality of life for all residents and works towards projects that serve the greater good. They also create and implement ordinances, regulations, and policies governing land use, social services, public safety, recreation, and other matters of local importance. The town hosts several political events throughout the year including candidate debates and voter registration drives to encourage participation from its citizens. Additionally, there are several local organizations that work to support their political candidates in their efforts to represent the community in state government.
The political climate in Zip 23943 (Hampden-Sydney, VA) is leaning liberal.
Prince Edward County, VA is leaning liberal. In Prince Edward County, VA 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince Edward county remained moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 46.3%.
Prince Edward county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23943 (Hampden-Sydney, VA) is leaning liberal.
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Prince Edward County, Virginia is leaning 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.
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia: r 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 23943 (Hampden-Sydney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $4,535 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)