Mappsville, VA is a small rural town located in the Northern part of Virginia. Its politics are heavily influenced by its close proximity to Washington D.C., the capital of the United States. The local political landscape centers around issues of economic development, education reform, and environmental protection. There are two main parties represented on the local level - Democrats and Republicans - that compete for control of the local government offices. Local elections typically involve a lot of grassroots campaigning, as well as strong support from interest groups and businesses. In every election cycle, both Democratic and Republican candidates strive to make their case for why they would be better suited to lead Mappsville into a prosperous future. With the right combination of policies and leadership, Mappsville could become an even greater place than it is today!
The political climate in Mappsville, VA is somewhat conservative.
Accomack County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Accomack County, VA 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Accomack county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.7%.
Accomack county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mappsville, VA is somewhat conservative.
Accomack County, Virginia 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.
Mappsville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Mappsville, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $94 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)