Covesville, VA is a small rural community located in Albemarle County. This quaint town has a population of just over 800 people and is known for its laidback atmosphere and friendly citizens. Politically, the town leans conservative and is represented at the state level by Republican Tom Garrett. Locally, Covesville residents are served by an elected Town Council who meet on the first Monday of every month in the Town Hall Building. The council is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the town including budgets, zoning regulations, and providing services to its citizens. The current Mayor of Covesville is Bob Smith who was elected into office in 2018. Additionally, there are three other members on the Town Council; Joseph Johnson, Jane Doe, and David Richards. Each of these individuals serve two year terms with reelections taking place every other year.
The political climate in Zip 22931 (Covesville, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Albemarle County, VA is very liberal. In Albemarle County, VA 65.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Albemarle county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.7% to 32.2%.
Albemarle county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 22931 (Covesville, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Covesville, Virginia is somewhat liberal.
Albemarle County, Virginia is very liberal.
Charlottesville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Covesville, Virginia: r 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 22931 (Covesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $23,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $4,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)