Yorktown, VA is a small community located in the southeastern part of the state. It is an historic town filled with colonial-era architecture and plenty of charm. The city is governed by a mayor and council members who are elected to four-year terms. They work together to make decisions that ensure Yorktown’s safety and growth. Recent initiatives have been aimed at improving infrastructure, expanding parks and recreational facilities, as well as strengthening educational opportunities. The city also has active civic groups who are dedicated to preserving its historic character and advocating for local issues affecting the community. This vibrant political landscape ensures that issues important to residents are heard and addressed in a timely manner.
The political climate in Yorktown, VA is leaning conservative.
York County, VA is leaning conservative. In York County, VA 45.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained moderately Republican, 52.2% to 45.6%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yorktown, VA is leaning conservative.
York County, Virginia is leaning conservative.
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.
Yorktown, 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 Yorktown, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $301 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $35,571 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)