The politics in 23457 Virginia Beach, VA have been fairly stable over the last few years. The current mayor is Bobby Dyer, who has been in office since 2012 and is running for a fifth consecutive term this year. In addition to the mayor, there are nine city council members who make up the City Council and are responsible for making decisions on local issues. Some of the major issues that have been discussed recently include affordable housing, environmental protection, and infrastructure improvements. The City Council meets every other week to discuss these topics and any other relevant ones that may arise. Although there is some disagreement about certain topics, overall the City Council works together to come up with solutions that benefit everyone in 23457 Virginia Beach, VA.
The political climate in Zip 23457 (Virginia Beach, VA) is leaning conservative.
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 23457 (Virginia Beach, VA) is leaning conservative.
Virginia Beach, Virginia is leaning conservative.
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 23457 (Virginia Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $1,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $13,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)