The politics in 23607 Newport News, VA, are quite varied. The area is represented by Bobby Scott of the Democratic Party, who has held the congressional seat for Virginia's 3rd District since 1993. At the state level, the district is represented by four delegates and one senator. The delegates include Matthew Lohr, Chris Jones, Marcia Price and Mike Mullin who are all members of the Republican Party. Senator Mamie Locke represents the district in the Virginia Senate as a member of the Democratic Party. Local elections take place every two years and decide representatives for city council and other local offices. In recent years voter turnout in 23607 Newport News has been lower than most other parts of Virginia but it continues to be an important factor in deciding local government policies.
The political climate in Zip 23607 (Newport News, VA) is strongly liberal.
Newport News City County, VA is very liberal. In Newport News City County, VA 65.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newport News city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.4% to 32.5%.
Newport News city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23607 (Newport News, VA) is strongly liberal.
Newport News, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Newport News 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.
Newport News, 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 23607 (Newport News)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,092 contributions totaling $27,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $15,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $655 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)