The politics in 23111 Mechanicsville, VA has been shaped and influenced for many years by the people who make up the local community. The area is represented by Republican Rob Wittman in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat Tim Kaine in the U.S. Senate, and Republican Amanda Chase in the Virginia Senate. Local issues are important to these representatives and there are often debates and discussions on a variety of topics that affect residents living in this zip code. Each local election cycle brings an opportunity for citizens to express their views on which policies they feel will be best for their city. However, since population numbers are not included in this task, it is difficult to know exactly what percent of registered voters take part in these elections or which political party typically holds more sway in Mechanicsville, VA.
The political climate in Zip 23111 (Mechanicsville, VA) is moderately conservative.
Hanover County, VA is strongly conservative. In Hanover County, VA 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hanover county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.7%.
Hanover county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23111 (Mechanicsville, VA) is moderately conservative.
Mechanicsville, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Hanover County, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Richmond Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Mechanicsville, 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 23111 (Mechanicsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,087 contributions totaling $150,843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 441 contributions totaling $79,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)