The small town of 23888 Wakefield, VA is a close-knit community with no shortage of political discussion. Despite its size, the local politics in 23888 Wakefield are active and engaged. A number of local organizations and initiatives are dedicated to taking an active role in local government and advocating for the needs of the community. This includes organizations that focus on promoting progressive causes, as well as those that prioritize fiscal responsibility. Moreover, residents regularly participate in elections to determine local representatives who will carry their interests forward. Through these elections, people from all backgrounds are able to have their voices heard and make sure their concerns are addressed by the local government.
The political climate in Zip 23888 (Wakefield, VA) is leaning liberal.
Sussex County, VA is somewhat liberal. In Sussex County, VA 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sussex county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 43.6%.
Sussex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23888 (Wakefield, VA) is leaning liberal.
Wakefield, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Sussex County, Virginia is somewhat liberal.
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.
Wakefield, Virginia: d D D D D D
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 23888 (Wakefield)
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 9 contributions totaling $1,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)