The politics in 23059 Glen Allen, VA are largely determined by the local and state governments. While there is no information on local political candidates for this area, residents of Glen Allen are represented at the federal level by Representative Abigail Spanberger in the 7th Congressional District of Virginia. Within the state legislature, Senator Siobhan Dunnavant and Delegate John McGuire represent Glen Allen in the Virginia General Assembly. At the local level, Henrico County serves as a major governing body for 23059 Glen Allen with a Board of Supervisors that is responsible for various county services and programs. Additionally, citizens of Glen Allen have access to city government through their local City Council which handles city-wide issues and addresses the needs of its constituents.
The political climate in Zip 23059 (Glen Allen, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Henrico County, VA is strongly liberal. In Henrico County, VA 63.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henrico county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.6% to 34.6%.
Henrico county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23059 (Glen Allen, VA) is somewhat liberal.
Glen Allen, Virginia is somewhat liberal.
Henrico County, Virginia is strongly 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.
Glen Allen, Virginia: R r 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 23059 (Glen Allen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,815 contributions totaling $323,227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 520 contributions totaling $118,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)