St. Albans, WV is a small city located in Kanawha county with a population of approximately 11,017 people. It is known as the “Gateway to the Capital City” as it is located just a few miles away from Charleston, West Virginia’s capital. Politics in St. Albans are mainly focused on local issues such as taxes, infrastructure, and public safety. The city has frequent elections for mayor and city council members who work together to make decisions on policy for the city. Local political candidates often focus on improving quality of life for residents by advocating for more job opportunities, better schools, and safer streets. Additionally, many candidates pledge to use their positions to fight for economic development and improved public services in the area.
The political climate in Zip 25177 (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
Zip 25177 (St. Albans, WV) is somewhat conservative.
St. Albans, West Virginia 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 25177 (St. Albans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 960 contributions totaling $64,598 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $14,301 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)