The small town of 23885 Sutherland, VA is a tight-knit community of just over 1,000 people. Despite its small size, the town is politically active and engaged in local and national politics. In the 2020 election, residents of Sutherland were eager to cast their votes for a variety of candidates from both parties. The mayoral race was particularly heated as two competitive candidates vied for the position. While there was strong support for both sides, ultimately the incumbent mayor won reelection by a narrow margin. Residents of Sutherland also strongly supported their chosen representatives in Congress and the Virginia State Senate, giving them a clear mandate from their constituents to continue representing them in Washington and Richmond. As the people of 23885 Sutherland are passionate about their political views, they remain engaged in current events and express their opinions during community meetings or through letters to their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 23885 (Sutherland, VA) is moderately conservative.
Dinwiddie County, VA is moderately conservative. In Dinwiddie County, VA 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dinwiddie county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 41.2%.
Dinwiddie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23885 (Sutherland, VA) is moderately conservative.
Sutherland, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Dinwiddie County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Richmond 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.
Sutherland, 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 23885 (Sutherland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $11,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)