Charleston, WV is the state capital of West Virginia and home to 25306 residents. It has a vibrant political landscape with local representatives from both major political parties. From the West Virginia House of Delegates, the two representatives for Charleston are Amanda Estep-Burton and Doug Skaff Jr., both Democrats. On the city council level, Charleston is represented by Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin as well as four other council members: Michael Plummer, Josh Staggers, Don Patterson, and Robert Braxton. All five are Democrats who strive to make Charleston a great place to live, work and play. Residents of Charleston can take part in the political process through voter registration and participation in local elections. The state of West Virginia also holds regular elections for Senate and House seats in Congress, with two Republican Senators representing all of West Virginia.
The political climate in Zip 25306 (Charleston, 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 25306 (Charleston, WV) is somewhat conservative.
Charleston, 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.
Charleston, 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 25306 (Charleston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $7,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $397 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)