Nickelsville, Virginia is a small rural town located in Southwest Virginia. It is a peaceful community with a rich history and strong sense of community. Although it is a small town, politics are still important to the people of Nickelsville. With little industry or significant growth in recent years, locals remain focused on local issues such as education funding, infrastructure improvements, and public safety. Local elections often draw large turnouts from the residents of Nickelsville who are passionate about their community and want to ensure that the government is doing what they believe is best for their town. There are several local political candidates running in the upcoming election who will be vying for votes from the locals of Nickelsville and will be discussing their ideas and platforms with the citizens in order to gain their support.
The political climate in Zip 24271 (Nickelsville, VA) is very conservative.
Scott County, VA is very conservative. In Scott County, VA 15.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.6%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24271 (Nickelsville, VA) is very conservative.
Nickelsville, Virginia is very conservative.
Scott County, Virginia is very conservative.
Kingsport-Bristol Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Nickelsville, 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 24271 (Nickelsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)