Smithfield, Virginia is a small town located in Isle of Wight County. The town has been around since the colonial times and has a rich history of political involvement in both local and state issues. The town is home to many different political organizations that are actively involved in the community. These organizations promote civic engagement, debate important issues, and even host events for local candidates running for office. In recent years, these organizations have also gained prominence as groups that help inform citizens about their rights and responsibilities within the political process. As such, Smithfield remains an active and engaged community when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 23430 (Smithfield, VA) is moderately conservative.
Isle of Wight County, VA is moderately conservative. In Isle of Wight County, VA 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isle of Wight county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 40.1%.
Isle of Wight county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23430 (Smithfield, VA) is moderately conservative.
Smithfield, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Isle of Wight County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 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.
Smithfield, 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 23430 (Smithfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 294 contributions totaling $28,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $34,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)