Politics in 23453 Virginia Beach, VA are largely driven by the state legislature. Virginia is a traditionally conservative state and most of the voting members in the legislature represent this belief system. While there are some moderate Democrats representing areas of Virginia Beach, most candidates up for election will tend to be Republican candidates. Each election cycle, local issues such as taxes, public education, and environmental regulations become part of the debate. Local residents vote on a variety of issues during elections which impact the political landscape and can create positive or negative changes for their community.
The political climate in Zip 23453 (Virginia Beach, VA) is leaning liberal.
Virginia Beach City County, VA is leaning liberal. In Virginia Beach City County, VA 51.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Virginia Beach city county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.6% to 46.2%.
Virginia Beach city county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23453 (Virginia Beach, VA) is leaning liberal.
Virginia Beach, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Virginia Beach City County, Virginia is leaning 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.
Virginia Beach, Virginia: R R r r r 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 23453 (Virginia Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 545 contributions totaling $33,605 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $24,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)