Cumberland County, Virginia is a rural area of the state located in the southern region. The county seat is Cumberland Courthouse and the county has a population of 10,238 people as of 2019. The politics in Cumberland County are fairly conservative and tend to lean right. In recent years, important issues in Cumberland County have included improving access to education, increasing broadband access, and helping local businesses thrive. Local political candidates have been focused on advocating for policies that address these issues and supporting initiatives that promote growth and development within the county.
The political climate in Cumberland County, VA is somewhat conservative.
In Cumberland County, VA 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.9%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cumberland County, VA is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Cumberland, 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 Cumberland County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $6,119 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)