Spotsylvania, VA is a small town located in the state of Virginia. It has been an important part of Virgina's political landscape since its founding in 1721. Over the years, a variety of local and state officials have been elected to represent the citizens of 22551 Spotsylvania, VA. Currently, Del. Paul Krizek (D) serves as the representative for the 95th District in Virginia’s House of Delegates. In addition, Senator Bryce Reeves (R) represents Spotsylvania County in Virginia’s Senate. As a whole, politics in 22551 Spotsylvania, VA tend to lean slightly right-leaning conservative and focus heavily on issues such as public education, environmental protection, and economic development.
The political climate in Zip 22551 (Spotsylvania, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Spotsylvania County, VA is leaning conservative. In Spotsylvania County, VA 45.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spotsylvania county remained moderately Republican, 52.3% to 45.6%.
Spotsylvania county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22551 (Spotsylvania, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Spotsylvania, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Spotsylvania County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Spotsylvania, 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 22551 (Spotsylvania)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 582 contributions totaling $37,203 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 465 contributions totaling $91,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)