Colonial Heights, VA is a small city located in Chesterfield County and has a population of just over 17,000. It has been served by numerous city councils since its establishment in 1926. The current council is made up of five members elected at-large from the community to serve two-year terms. The council meets twice a month to discuss issues related to the city and promote its growth and development. The mayor is also elected from the community for a four-year term. All members are highly engaged in local politics and take an active role in promoting public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and encouraging civic participation among residents. They strive to provide the best possible city services for everyone living in Colonial Heights – something that has been particularly important during this time of COVID-19 restrictions.
The political climate in Colonial Heights, VA is moderately conservative.
Colonial Heights City County, VA is very conservative. In Colonial Heights City County, VA 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colonial Heights city county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 32.5%.
Colonial Heights city county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colonial Heights, VA is moderately conservative.
Colonial Heights City County, Virginia is very 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.
Colonial Heights, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Colonial Heights, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $22,287 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 218 contributions totaling $23,361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)