The politics in 23436 Suffolk, VA are largely influenced by the Republican Party. Currently, the City of Suffolk is represented at the state level by Senator Louise Lucas and Delegate Chris Jones, both of whom are Democrats. At the national level, the city is represented by Congressman Bobby Scott, a Democrat. While both parties have representation in the town, Republicans tend to hold more local and state offices. In recent years, several initiatives have been put in place to increase voter registration and education among residents of this community. This has enabled more people to participate in the political process and help shape their community’s future. The town also encourages participation in civic activities such as attending city council meetings or volunteering with local non-profits.
The political climate in Zip 23436 (Suffolk, VA) is leaning liberal.
Suffolk City County, VA is moderately liberal. In Suffolk City County, VA 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Suffolk city county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 40.5%.
Suffolk city county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23436 (Suffolk, VA) is leaning liberal.
Suffolk, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Suffolk City County, Virginia is moderately 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.
Suffolk, Virginia: d r 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 23436 (Suffolk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 158 contributions totaling $3,895 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $7,761 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)