Milton, WV is a small city located in the northern part of West Virginia. It is home to around 3,000 people and is considered a tight-knit community. Political activity in Milton is overseen by the City Council, which includes five members. The Council sets policy and makes decisions about the city’s budget and other matters. They also have the power to create laws that apply within Milton’s boundaries. Each year, local citizens vote for their preferred candidates to fill these positions on the City Council. These candidates are chosen from among those who are running for office, typically from their respective political parties or as independent candidates if they choose to do so. Decisions made by the City Council directly affect every person living in Milton so it's important for everyone to take an active role in choosing their representatives.
The political climate in Milton, WV is somewhat conservative.
Cabell County, WV is moderately conservative. In Cabell County, WV 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cabell county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 40.1%.
Cabell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milton, WV is somewhat conservative.
Cabell County, West Virginia is moderately conservative.
Huntington-Ashland 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.
Milton, 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 Milton, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 658 contributions totaling $74,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $36,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)