Rockville, Virginia is a small town located in the heart of Appalachia. It has a population of just over 600 people and is known for its peaceful atmosphere and tight-knit community. Politically, the town is conservative, with most of its residents voting for Republican candidates in local and national elections. In recent years, there has been an effort to get more people involved in politics by encouraging residents to attend local meetings and events. The town hosts a number of forums where citizens can listen to the opinions of other residents and discuss current topics with their representatives. Local candidates often visit Rockville during their campaigns so they can meet their constituents up close and hear their concerns. As a result, the citizens of Rockville are well-informed about both state and national political issues.
The political climate in Zip 23146 (Rockville, VA) is strongly conservative.
Hanover County, VA is strongly conservative. In Hanover County, VA 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hanover county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.7%.
Hanover county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23146 (Rockville, VA) is strongly conservative.
Rockville, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Hanover County, Virginia is strongly conservative.
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.
Rockville, 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 23146 (Rockville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $12,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $25,912 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)