Petersburg, VA is a small city in the state of Virginia with a population of about 31,000. Politically, it is a predominantly Democratic city with strong ties to both local and state government. In the 2016 presidential election, Petersburg voters overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton with 83.5% voting in her favor compared to 12.8% for Donald Trump. Local elections in Petersburg have been dominated by Democrats as well, who generally receive more votes than their Republican opponents. The current mayor of Petersburg is Samuel Parham, a Democrat who has been in office since 2008 and has presided over several successful initiatives to revitalize the city’s economy. The City Council also largely consists of Democrats who work together to ensure that the best interests of Petersburg citizens are served.
The political climate in Zip 23803 (Petersburg, VA) is strongly liberal.
Petersburg City County, VA is very liberal. In Petersburg City County, VA 87.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 11.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Petersburg city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 87.8% to 11.2%.
Petersburg city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23803 (Petersburg, VA) is strongly liberal.
Petersburg, Virginia is strongly liberal.
Petersburg City County, Virginia is very 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.
Petersburg, 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 23803 (Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $66,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $10,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)