St. Albans is a small city in West Virginia located on the Kanawha River and within the Charleston metropolitan area. It has a diverse political landscape with residents holding varying views on local, state, and national politics. St. Albans is represented in the United States Senate by Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin III, both from West Virginia. At the state level, St. Albans is served by Delegate Mike Pushkin, a Democrat representing District 37 in the House of Delegates, as well as Senators Corey Chafin and Robert Beach, both Democrats from District 11 in the Senate. At the local level, St. Albans has its own city council which consists of nine members who are elected by residents every four years to represent their interests at City Hall. The council meets regularly to discuss municipal matters that impact all aspects of life in St. Albans including public safety initiatives, economic development projects, and promoting local businesses and organizations.
The political climate in St. Albans, 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
St. Albans, 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.
St. Albans, 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 St. Albans, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,920 contributions totaling $129,196 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $28,602 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)