The small town of Fork Union, VA (Zip Code 23055) is part of Fluvanna County, an area that has seen increased political activity in recent years. The county is predominantly Republican and citizens tend to lean conservative on many issues. In the 2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, the Republican candidate won by nearly a two-to-one margin, while in the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump won with almost 65% of the vote. Although there are currently no local political candidates from this zip code running for office at this time, it is clear that residents of Fork Union align with traditional conservative values and support Republican politicians throughout Virginia.
The political climate in Zip 23055 (Fork Union, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Fluvanna County, VA is leaning conservative. In Fluvanna County, VA 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fluvanna county remained Republican, 51.5% to 46.8%.
Fluvanna county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23055 (Fork Union, VA) is somewhat conservative.
Fork Union, Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Fluvanna County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
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.
Fork Union, 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 23055 (Fork Union)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $9,655 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)