The politics in 23323 Chesapeake, VA are currently dominated by the local Democratic Party. The Mayor of Chesapeake is Rick West, who was elected in 2016 and is up for re-election in 2020. The City Council consists of nine members that are also primarily from the Democratic Party. Issues and initiatives debated by the City Council include economic development projects, the construction of a new bridge, funding for public schools, and improvements to infrastructure such as roads and bridges. There has been much debate among residents about how to best manage growth in the city without sacrificing its unique character. All in all, Chesapeake's local political scene continues to be dominated by Democrats but there is a growing independent voter population which may increasingly shape future elections.
The political climate in Zip 23323 (Chesapeake, VA) is leaning liberal.
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 23323 (Chesapeake, VA) is leaning liberal.
Chesapeake, Virginia is leaning liberal.
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 23323 (Chesapeake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 450 contributions totaling $16,485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 301 contributions totaling $41,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)