The city of Norfolk, VA is located in the Hampton Roads region and is home to a population of about 246,000 people. The city has traditionally been seen as a Democratic stronghold in the state of Virginia, with its current mayor being elected on the Democratic ticket. The Norfolk City Council is made up of seven members who are elected from single-member districts. The city works to serve the needs of its citizens by providing various services such as trash pickup, police protection, and infrastructure improvements. There have been several recent initiatives to enhance quality of life in Norfolk including programs to renovate dilapidated buildings and houses throughout the city. Local and state political candidates work hard to make sure that their constituents are heard and their concerns addressed.
The political climate in Zip 23502 (Norfolk, VA) is strongly liberal.
Norfolk City County, VA is very liberal. In Norfolk City County, VA 71.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.7% to 26.1%.
Norfolk city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23502 (Norfolk, VA) is strongly liberal.
Norfolk, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Norfolk 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.
Norfolk, 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 23502 (Norfolk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 195 contributions totaling $266,237 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,365 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $39,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $402 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)