The politics of 23320 Chesapeake, VA are actively engaged in by a wide range of citizens. The city is represented in the Virginia General Assembly by Delegate Steve Heretick and Senator Lionell Spruill Sr., who both proudly serve their respective districts in the legislature. The City of Chesapeake has a number of other elected officials at both the state and local level, such as the mayor, city council members, school board members, and various boards and commissions that oversee specific areas of life within the city. Additionally, many residents take part in political activism on certain issues that affect them directly or indirectly in their daily lives. Through these efforts, they seek to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to shaping policies concerning their communities.
The political climate in Zip 23320 (Chesapeake, VA) is leaning liberal.
Chesapeake City County, VA is leaning liberal. In Chesapeake City County, VA 52.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesapeake city county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.2% to 45.8%.
Chesapeake city county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 23320 (Chesapeake, VA) is leaning liberal.
Chesapeake, Virginia is leaning liberal.
Chesapeake 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.
Chesapeake, Virginia: r R d d 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 23320 (Chesapeake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,284 contributions totaling $130,040 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 488 contributions totaling $134,097 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)