Stanaford, WV is a small town surrounded by lush green hills and meandering creeks. The community is close-knit, and the people are proud of their town's culture and history. Politics in Stanaford is an important part of the local conversation, with citizens actively engaging in conversations about current issues. Residents often attend town hall meetings to discuss local concerns such as education, infrastructure, economic development, and public safety. With elections around the corner, citizens have been researching candidates to make sure they know who will best represent their interests in government. Stanaford residents take pride in making informed decisions when it comes to electing their representatives and look forward to continuing to participate in shaping their town's future through politics.
The political climate in Stanaford, WV is strongly conservative.
Raleigh County, WV is very conservative. In Raleigh County, WV 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Raleigh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 24.1%.
Raleigh county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanaford, WV is strongly conservative.
Raleigh County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Beckley Metro Area is very conservative.
West Virginia is very conservative.
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.
Stanaford, West 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Stanaford, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 634 contributions totaling $106,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 500 contributions totaling $1,014,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,029 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)