Crab Orchard, WV is a small community located in the mountains of West Virginia. While the town does not have its own mayor or city council, it is part of an unincorporated area governed by a Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for setting policies and regulations that are followed throughout the community. Local political candidates for this position are elected every two years and represent one of five districts within the unincorporated area. These candidates focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvement, and environmental protection to ensure that Crab Orchard remains safe and prosperous for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 25827 (Crab Orchard, WV) is strongly conservative.
Raleigh County, WV is very conservative. In Raleigh County, WV 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Raleigh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 24.1%.
Raleigh county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25827 (Crab Orchard, WV) is strongly conservative.
Crab Orchard, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Raleigh County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Beckley 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.
Crab Orchard, 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 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 25827 (Crab Orchard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $45 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)