Scottsburg, VA is a small town in the Commonwealth of Virginia with a population of 24589. The town has a mayor-council form of government, with the elected mayor and town council members overseeing local legislative duties. Politics in Scottsburg often focus on local initiatives such as improving public services, developing infrastructure, and maintaining educational standards. The current mayor of Scottsburg is John Smith, who was elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2020 for a second term. The city council consists of six members representing each ward within the city limits. They are responsible for creating and enacting laws that benefit all citizens of Scottsburg. Each election cycle, local citizens get to vote on their preferred candidates for both mayoral and council seats. In recent years, turnout for these elections has been high as citizens recognize the importance of having active and engaged representatives who put people before politics.
The political climate in Zip 24589 (Scottsburg, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Halifax County, VA is somewhat conservative. In Halifax County, VA 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Halifax county remained very strongly Republican, 57.1% to 42.0%.
Halifax county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24589 (Scottsburg, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Scottsburg, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Halifax County, Virginia 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.
Scottsburg, 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 24589 (Scottsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $349 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)