The politics in 23601 Newport News, VA are an important consideration for residents as they cast their ballots. Newport News is in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District and is represented by Democrat Bobby Scott. In the Virginia General Assembly, the city is represented by two state senators and four delegates. Senator Mamie Locke and Senator Monty Mason represent the city at the state level, while Delegates Marcia Price, Jeion Ward, Matthew James and Keith Hodges make up the General Assembly delegation from Newport News. In local elections, incumbents Mayor McKinley Price as well as City Council members Marcellus Harris III and Saundra Cherry are running for reelection this year alongside newcomers such as Dr. La Verne N. Middleton-Thomas and William O. \"Pat\" Patrick. All of these candidates have shown a commitment to bettering the city of Newport News and its citizens through transparent government practices, accessible services, and strong public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 23601 (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
Zip 23601 (Newport News, VA) is strongly liberal.
Newport News, Virginia 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 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 zip 23601 (Newport News)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 785 contributions totaling $182,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $30,890 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)