The small city of Poquoson, VA is home to approximately 12,150 people. It is a city governed by a Mayor and City Council who are committed to making important decisions about the growth and development of the area. The current Mayor is Gordon C. Helsel Jr., who has held this position since 2012. He is supported by the four members of City Council: Bruce Daley, Stephen Headley, Jean Pugh, and Rebecca Satterwhite. Together they work together on issues that concern all citizens including zoning regulations, economic opportunities, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. They also regularly host public forums to keep the community involved in local politics and allow citizens to express their thoughts on important matters. All of these efforts have helped shape Poquoson into a thriving community that strives for excellence in all areas.
The political climate in Zip 23662 (Poquoson, VA) is strongly conservative.
Poquoson City County, VA is very conservative. In Poquoson City County, VA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Poquoson city county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 26.1%.
Poquoson city county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23662 (Poquoson, VA) is strongly conservative.
Poquoson, Virginia is strongly conservative.
Poquoson City County, Virginia is very conservative.
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.
Poquoson, Virginia: R R R R R R
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 23662 (Poquoson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 189 contributions totaling $16,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 188 contributions totaling $198,708 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,057 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)