The small unincorporated community of Penn Laird, Virginia, located in Rockingham County, is an area that lacks any sort of municipal government. While it does not have its own elected officials or representatives, the people of the Penn Laird area are still greatly affected by the politics of their region. Rockingham County is represented in the Virginia General Assembly by two delegates and one senator from the Shenandoah Valley District. Residents of Penn Laird can participate in various county-level political activities such as voting for local sheriffs, board members, and other officials as needed. The county also participates in special elections on important issues such as bond referendums and taxes. As a result, those living in 22846 Penn Laird are able to have their voices heard when it comes to politics even though they lack representation at a higher level.
The political climate in Zip 22846 (Penn Laird, VA) is very conservative.
Rockingham County, VA is very conservative. In Rockingham County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Rockingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22846 (Penn Laird, VA) is very conservative.
Penn Laird, Virginia is very conservative.
Rockingham County, Virginia is very conservative.
Harrisonburg Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Penn Laird, 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 22846 (Penn Laird)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $7,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,378 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)