Belle, West Virginia is a small town located in Kanawha County. Despite its size, Belle has a vibrant political culture that plays a large role in the lives of its citizens. Local politics are driven by elected officials and local political organizations that seek to represent the interests of the community. Residents can get involved in local politics through attending meetings, participating in campaigns, and voting for their preferred candidates during elections. In addition to voting for local candidates, residents also have the opportunity to become actively involved in county-level issues such as taxes, education levels, health care access, land use development and other important matters. Local politicians strive to ensure that the interests of Belle's citizens are represented in all levels of government.
The political climate in Belle, WV is somewhat conservative.
Kanawha County, WV is somewhat conservative. In Kanawha County, WV 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kanawha county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 41.8%.
Kanawha county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belle, WV is somewhat conservative.
Kanawha County, West Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Charleston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Belle, West Virginia: d 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 Belle, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $11,671 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)