The politics in 22842 Mount Jackson, VA are dominated by the Republican Party. The town is represented by State Senator Mark Obenshain in the Virginia Senate as well as Republican Delegate Daniel W. Marshall III in the Virginia House of Delegates. In addition, Mount Jackson is part of the Shenandoah County, which is also represented by Republicans in both chambers of the state legislature. While there may be some Democratic candidates running in local elections, the majority of voters tend to lean towards more conservative candidates and policies. This is reflected in local ordinances and legislation that tends to favor those on the right side of the political spectrum.
The political climate in Zip 22842 (Mount Jackson, VA) is very conservative.
Shenandoah County, VA is very conservative. In Shenandoah County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shenandoah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 28.9%.
Shenandoah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22842 (Mount Jackson, VA) is very conservative.
Mount Jackson, Virginia is very conservative.
Shenandoah County, Virginia is very 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.
Mount Jackson, 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 22842 (Mount Jackson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $2,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $108,985 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,397 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)