Huntington, WV is a city located in the Appalachian region of West Virginia. The local politics of this town are largely influenced by its rural setting and its close proximity to Charleston, the state capital. The politics of Huntington are heavily centered around economic development, education reform, and efforts to revitalize downtown areas. In addition to these topics, Huntington's politicians often focus on infrastructure improvements, environmental issues, and job creation for residents. At the local level, voters can choose from a variety of candidates who have different views on these important topics. As such, it is important for locals to remain informed about their local politicians so that they can make an informed decision when voting.
The political climate in Zip 25705 (Huntington, WV) is somewhat 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 25705 (Huntington, WV) is somewhat conservative.
Huntington, West Virginia is somewhat 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 25705 (Huntington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 237 contributions totaling $43,787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 332 contributions totaling $207,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $624 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)