Newport News, Virginia is a vibrant city located on the James River and the Chesapeake Bay. It is home to a diverse population of over 180,000 people who enjoy a variety of cultural, recreational, educational, and employment opportunities. The city is governed by an elected mayor and city council that serve as the legislative branch of government for the community. The local government provides essential services such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, parks and recreation programs, and economic development initiatives. Local political candidates often run for office to serve the interests of their constituents in Newport News. Issues important to citizens in Newport News include education quality, job growth and economic stability, public safety, environmental protection, healthcare access, and social justice.
The political climate in Newport News, VA is strongly liberal.
Newport News City County, VA is very liberal. In Newport News City County, VA 65.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newport News city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.4% to 32.5%.
Newport News city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newport News, VA is strongly liberal.
Newport News City County, Virginia is very liberal.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 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.
Newport News, Virginia: d d D D D D
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 Newport News, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,346 contributions totaling $641,099 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,103 contributions totaling $215,094 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)