Jamaica, VA is located in the heart of Middlesex County and has a history deeply rooted in American politics. The area is part of the Virginia's 1st congressional district and its current representative is Rob Wittman. At the local level, Jamaica has an engaged citizenry with several initiatives focused on promoting civic engagement and political dialogue. Community organizations, such as the Jamaica town council, hold regular meetings to discuss important civic issues and encourage residents to take part in local government decisions. Additionally, citizens come together at the annual Jamaica election day for voting on local leaders and policies that shape their community. Despite its small population size, Jamaica provides a prominent example of how political participation can make a difference in a tight-knit community.
The political climate in Zip 23079 (Jamaica, VA) is moderately conservative.
Middlesex County, VA is strongly conservative. In Middlesex County, VA 36.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.7%.
Middlesex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23079 (Jamaica, VA) is moderately conservative.
Jamaica, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Middlesex County, Virginia is strongly 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.
Jamaica, 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 23079 (Jamaica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $7,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,850 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)