Great Bridge East leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% Republican.
About 96% of adults in Great Bridge East typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Great Bridge East, ~36% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~4% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Great Bridge East compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Great Bridge East leans more Republican than 3 of 5 neighbors.
Great Bridge East runs about 31 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Great Bridge East is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Great Bridge East. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+32) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+13), a spread of about 18 points.
Why Great Bridge East leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Great Bridge East, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 81% of residents in Great Bridge East drive to work alone, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 86% of households in Great Bridge East are family households, above 94% of neighborhoods. Great Bridge East runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Great Bridge East, Chesapeake, VA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Great Bridge East looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Great Bridge East is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Great Bridge East own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Butts Station, Chesapeake, VA R+34
- Great Bridge, Chesapeake, VA R+11
- Greenbrier West, Chesapeake, VA D+25
- Greenbrier East, Chesapeake, VA D+8
- Pleasant Grove West, Chesapeake, VA R+31
- Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake, VA R+34
- Deep Creek South, Chesapeake, VA D+4
- South Norfolk, Chesapeake, VA D+38
- Indian River, Chesapeake, VA D+34
- Deep Creek North, Chesapeake, VA D+18
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Southbelt Ellington, Houston, TX D+3
- Merrifield, Fairfax, VA D+48
- West Loch, Waipahu, HI D+9
- Glen-Fallstaff, Baltimore, MD D+49
- Sherwood-Tualatin South, Tualatin, OR D+28
- Central District, Seattle, WA D+80
- Jefferson Park, Los Angeles, CA D+59
- Downtown, Evanston, IL D+74
- University, Denver, CO D+57
- Arden Heights, Staten Island, NY R+47
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Virginia Department of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.