Suffolk city is located in Virginia County and is home to a diverse population of people. The political landscape in Suffolk City is comprised of different branches of government, ranging from the local level all the way up to the federal level. On the local level, Suffolk City is represented by a Mayor and City Council members. They are responsible for setting budgets, developing policies, and promoting economic development throughout the community. At the state level, representatives from both parties serve in the Virginia General Assembly to debate and vote on laws that affect people within Suffolk City and its surrounding areas. Finally, at the federal level, Representatives from Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District serve in Congress and lobby for bills that impact residents across Suffolk City and beyond. With such a diverse population as well as a wide variety of political positions being held locally, state-wide, and nationally, Suffolk city certainly has an interesting political landscape.
The political climate in Suffolk City County, VA is moderately liberal.
In Suffolk City County, VA 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Suffolk city county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 40.5%.
Suffolk city county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Suffolk City County, VA is moderately 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.
Suffolk City, Virginia: d r 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 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 Suffolk City County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,369 contributions totaling $137,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 648 contributions totaling $197,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)