The 23707 Portsmouth, VA area is a politically active region with a number of local leaders and representatives making sure the local community receives fair representation in government. At the federal level, there are multiple representatives who serve on various committees to ensure that the needs of the citizens in Portsmouth are heard. These representatives include Bobby Scott, Donald McEachin, Elaine Luria, and Robert C. \"Bobby\" Scott. On the local level, there are many city council members who work to make sure that Portsmouth is safe and prosperous for all its citizens. All city council members must be elected by their constituents and they work hard to ensure that their constituency's voices are heard when it comes to critical issues like public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and more. Additionally, local political candidates regularly hold events in order to meet with constituents and share their platforms on important issues within the region.
The political climate in Zip 23707 (Portsmouth, VA) is strongly liberal.
Portsmouth City County, VA is very liberal. In Portsmouth City County, VA 69.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Portsmouth city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.4% to 28.6%.
Portsmouth city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23707 (Portsmouth, VA) is strongly liberal.
Portsmouth, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Portsmouth 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.
Portsmouth, 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 23707 (Portsmouth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 440 contributions totaling $20,441 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $15,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)