The town of Hartfield, VA 23071 is a small community home to around 800 people. The politics in Hartfield are largely driven by the local government, which consists of a mayor and four council members who are all elected by the town's residents every four years. These local politicians work together to make decisions on important issues such as zoning, public safety, and education that affect the town's citizens. In addition to these positions, there are also school board members who are appointed by the local school district. All of these elected officials strive to make sure that Hartfield remains a safe and welcoming place for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in Zip 23071 (Hartfield, VA) is moderately conservative.
Middlesex County, VA is strongly conservative. In Middlesex County, VA 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.7%.
Middlesex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23071 (Hartfield, VA) is moderately conservative.
Hartfield, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Middlesex County, Virginia is strongly 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.
Hartfield, 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 23071 (Hartfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $5,712 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $18,683 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $519 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)