The politics in 23692 Yorktown, VA is a complex and diverse landscape. It is home to members of both major parties, as well as independents and minor parties. The local political scene is characterized by strong debates and lively conversations on a range of topics from economic policy to social justice issues. Each election cycle brings new candidates with unique perspectives on the issues that are important to this community. Residents have opportunities to volunteer with campaigns, attend candidate forums, and participate in get-out-the-vote efforts. Local volunteers also work hard to ensure that each voter’s voice is heard at the ballot box. By engaging in these activities, residents can make a real difference in the way their government functions and their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 23692 (Yorktown, VA) is leaning conservative.
York County, VA is leaning conservative. In York County, VA 45.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained moderately Republican, 52.2% to 45.6%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23692 (Yorktown, VA) is leaning conservative.
Yorktown, Virginia is leaning conservative.
York County, Virginia is leaning 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.
Yorktown, 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 23692 (Yorktown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,712 contributions totaling $199,370 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 317 contributions totaling $92,009 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)