The 23602 area of Newport News, VA is an important part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. Politically, it is part of the 95th district in the Virginia House of Delegates which is represented by David Yancey. In terms of congressional representation, this area falls under Virginia's 2nd congressional district which is currently held by Republican representative Scott Taylor. On a local level, the City Council of Newport News consists of eight members who are elected at-large for four-year terms. Several other boards and commissions, such as Planning Commission and Economic Development Authority, fall under the umbrella of City Council and deal with specific issues within Newport News. Overall, the politics in 23602 area are quite active and engaged with both citizens and politicians alike being involved in shaping the future for this region.
The political climate in Zip 23602 (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 23602 (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 23602 (Newport News)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,362 contributions totaling $176,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 336 contributions totaling $36,518 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)