Huntington, WV 25703 is a city with a strong sense of community and local politics. Huntington is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Guyandotte rivers, and is home to Marshall University. Local politics in Huntington focus on issues such as public safety, economic growth, education, health care, infrastructure and housing. The mayor of Huntington is Steve Williams and there are currently nine members of the City Council who represent different areas of the city. The City Council works together to pass ordinances that support their constituents’ needs. Currently there are several initiatives in place to promote economic development and create jobs for residents. Additionally, Huntington was recently declared an Opportunity Zone by Governor Jim Justice which will provide additional tax incentives for businesses that locate within the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 25703 (Huntington, WV) is leaning conservative.
Cabell County, WV is moderately conservative. In Cabell County, WV 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cabell county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 40.1%.
Cabell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25703 (Huntington, WV) is leaning conservative.
Huntington, West Virginia is leaning conservative.
Cabell County, West Virginia is moderately 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.
Huntington, 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 25703 (Huntington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)