The small, rural town of 23117 Mineral, VA is a peaceful and community-oriented place with an estimated population of about 4,000. Despite its size and location, it has a vibrant political culture that is reflective of other towns in Virginia. Residents are passionate about local issues such as education, infrastructure development, public safety and more. Local elections for town council see a healthy competition between candidates from both major parties that strive to represent the best interests of their constituents. As a result, the people of Mineral are well informed on the political process and take pride in their involvement in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 23117 (Mineral, VA) is moderately conservative.
Louisa County, VA is moderately conservative. In Louisa County, VA 37.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Louisa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 37.7%.
Louisa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23117 (Mineral, VA) is moderately conservative.
Mineral, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Louisa County, Virginia is moderately 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.
Mineral, 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 23117 (Mineral)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 457 contributions totaling $47,055 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $31,558 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)