23510 Norfolk, VA is a city located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia with a long and storied history of political involvement. The city has been home to several influential political figures over the years, including former Senator John Warner and former Governor George Allen. Currently, local politics are represented by the Mayor of Norfolk, Kenneth A. Alexander, as well as the City Council. They are committed to making sure the needs of their constituents are met and ensuring that there is a balanced approach towards managing the city's resources. In addition, the local legislative body, known as the General Assembly, is responsible for passing legislation affecting all residents of Virginia. All these groups work together to ensure that 23510 Norfolk remains an exciting and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Zip 23510 (Norfolk, VA) is very 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 23510 (Norfolk, VA) is very liberal.
Norfolk, Virginia is very 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 23510 (Norfolk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 682 contributions totaling $194,009 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $264,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)