Hampton, VA is a vibrant and diverse city with an engaged political climate. The City of Hampton provides residents with numerous services such as police protection, firefighting, land-use planning, public works maintenance, parks and recreation activities, library services, and more. The city has seen various changes in politics in the past few years and local elections often feature heated debates between candidates vying for votes from locals. Recent elections have focused on issues such as education reform, affordable housing initiatives, economic development plans to support small businesses in town, infrastructure improvements, environmental protections, and other key topics. Locals are encouraged to stay informed about local political developments to ensure their vote supports the best interests of Hampton's future.
The political climate in Zip 23663 (Hampton, VA) is strongly liberal.
Hampton City County, VA is very liberal. In Hampton City County, VA 70.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampton city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.1% to 28.0%.
Hampton city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23663 (Hampton, VA) is strongly liberal.
Hampton, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Hampton City County, Virginia is very 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.
Hampton, Virginia: D D 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 23663 (Hampton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $14,985 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $4,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)