The politics of Teays Valley, WV are largely reflective of the state of West Virginia as a whole. The majority of registered voters in the region identify as Republican and their views tend to be socially conservative and fiscally moderate. There have been several local political candidates that have run for office in recent years, though they have not had much success with a population largely composed of those who do not vote. Overall, Teays Valley is politically leaning towards the Republican party while still being open-minded towards some more progressive values.
The political climate in Teays Valley, WV is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, WV is very conservative. In Putnam County, WV 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.6%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Teays Valley, WV is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, West Virginia is very 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.
Teays Valley, 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 Teays Valley, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,780 contributions totaling $186,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 550 contributions totaling $236,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $430 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)