The city of Chesterfield, VA is an important political center in the state. As the 23832 zip code encompasses the entire city, it is a part of the Virginia House of Delegates District 68, represented by Lee Ware, and part of Virginia Senate District 11, represented by Amanda F. Chase. Currently, the Mayor of Chesterfield is James Holland and City Council members include Bob Sterling, Mary Rae Carter-Jones, Bill Pantele, Leslie Haley and T.A. McLaughlin. In addition to these representatives from local government, there are many political organizations that have a presence in the city such as the Chesterfield Democratic Committee and Republican Committee as well as multiple campaign offices for candidates running at all levels of government. The politics in 23832 Chesterfield reflects both state and national opinions and agendas with citizens impacted directly by their representatives’ decision-making abilities through legislation or policy changes which cover a variety of issues from education to health care to public safety.
The political climate in Zip 23832 (Chesterfield, VA) is leaning liberal.
Chesterfield County, VA is leaning liberal. In Chesterfield County, VA 52.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesterfield county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.4% to 45.8%.
Chesterfield county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23832 (Chesterfield, VA) is leaning liberal.
Chesterfield, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Chesterfield County, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Richmond 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.
Chesterfield, Virginia: R R r r 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 23832 (Chesterfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 500 contributions totaling $63,094 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 359 contributions totaling $46,331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)