The politics in the 23324 Chesapeake, VA area are vibrant and active. Every year, local candidates run for city council, mayoral races, and other local political offices. These elections typically draw a large number of voters from the community who take part in the democratic process to select their leaders. The candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and specialize in different areas such as education, health care, public safety, and economic development. During election season, members of the community often engage in lively debates about important issues from residents' taxes to development projects. Voting is an important right that allows citizens to influence city politics and shape their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 23324 (Chesapeake, VA) is somewhat 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 23324 (Chesapeake, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Chesapeake, Virginia is somewhat 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 23324 (Chesapeake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $5,067 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $18,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)