Chesterfield County, VA is located in the Richmond metropolitan area and is home to a population of over 328,000 people. The county has a strong local government which works to ensure that citizens receive necessary services such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. Through elected officials such as the Board of Supervisors and Sheriff, local citizens have direct influence on how their county is governed. Additionally, community members are able to connect with decision makers through town meetings which give constituents an opportunity to voice their opinions on political matters. Through these collaborative efforts the people of Chesterfield County can ensure that their voices are heard and government policies accurately reflect their needs.
The political climate in Chesterfield County, VA is leaning liberal.
In Chesterfield County, VA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesterfield county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 45.8%.
Chesterfield county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chesterfield County, VA is leaning liberal.
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.
Chesterfield, Virginia: R R r r r 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 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 Chesterfield County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,251 contributions totaling $1,435,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,879 contributions totaling $928,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)