Poquoson City is located within the borders of Virginia's York County and is a small community with a population of approximately 12,100 people. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, with the Mayor presiding over the five-member City Council. The City Council makes all major policy decisions for the city, working to ensure that Poquoson remains a desirable place to live and work. The city also has an active local political scene, with many candidates running in each election cycle for various positions in county and state politics. Candidates are often selected through primary and general elections depending on the office being contested. Local issues are also discussed at various election forums throughout the year, giving voters an opportunity to get informed about their elected officials and make their voices heard on important topics.
The political climate in Poquoson City County, VA is very conservative.
In Poquoson City County, VA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Poquoson city county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 26.1%.
Poquoson city county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Poquoson City County, VA is very 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.
Poquoson City, 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 Poquoson City County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 189 contributions totaling $16,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 188 contributions totaling $198,708 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,057 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)