The politics in 23322 Chesapeake, VA are a reflection of the community's values and priorities. Chesapeake is a city with a large population of diverse individuals who come from different backgrounds and beliefs. This diversity is reflected in the local political scene, with candidates from various backgrounds vying for office in local elections. These individuals represent different parties and ideologies, ensuring that citizens have an opportunity to vote for candidates who best reflect their own views and values. Currently, the local political climate is focused on issues such as public safety, economic development, education, and infrastructure improvements. Despite occasional clashes between opposing views on these topics, the city remains committed to finding positive solutions that benefit all members of its community.
The political climate in Zip 23322 (Chesapeake, VA) is leaning conservative.
Chesapeake City County, VA is leaning liberal. In Chesapeake City County, VA 52.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesapeake city county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.2% to 45.8%.
Chesapeake city county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23322 (Chesapeake, VA) is leaning conservative.
Chesapeake, Virginia is leaning conservative.
Chesapeake City County, Virginia is leaning 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.
Chesapeake, Virginia: r R d d r 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 23322 (Chesapeake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 538 contributions totaling $60,712 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 651 contributions totaling $168,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)