Crab Orchard, West Virginia is a small town full of life and friendly people. It is located in the mountains of southern West Virginia, near the state capital of Charleston. The town is governed by a mayor and four council members, elected every four years by the local residents. Over the years, the town has seen its fair share of political issues including taxes, infrastructure improvements, and social services. Local candidates running for office have varying views on these topics, which makes election season an important time for citizens to get informed and involved with their civic duties. While there may not be any nationally known political figures from Crab Orchard, politics remain an important part of life in this small mountain town.
The political climate in Crab Orchard, 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
Crab Orchard, 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.
Crab Orchard, 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 Crab Orchard, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $53,552 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 252 contributions totaling $507,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,013 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)