Keysville, VA is a small town located in the state of Virginia with a population of approximately 6,000 people. Despite its size, the area is very politically active and has formed strong opinions on different candidates for local offices. Recently, there have been several elections for key positions in Keysville including mayor and city council members. The primary issue facing the citizens of Keysville was economic growth and the need to invest in infrastructure and services to attract businesses and jobs. There were two main local candidates running for mayor: Robert Jenkins and Lisa Johnson. Both had their own unique visions for addressing issues such as job creation, taxes, education, affordable housing, public safety and services. Robert Jenkins campaigned on a platform to increase investment in infrastructure while Lisa Johnson focused on creating more educational opportunities for residents. After months of campaigning by both sides, Robert Jenkins won the majority vote from Keysville's citizens and became mayor.
The political climate in Zip 23947 (Keysville, VA) is moderately conservative.
Charlotte County, VA is strongly conservative. In Charlotte County, VA 37.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlotte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 37.4%.
Charlotte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23947 (Keysville, VA) is moderately conservative.
Keysville, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Charlotte 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.
Keysville, 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 23947 (Keysville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $17,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $398 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)