The small city of 25535 Lavalette, WV is home to just over 1,000 people. It enjoys a strong sense of community and its citizens are engaged in local politics. Every two years the town elects a mayor, three council members, and other local government officials. The current mayor is Gail Miller, who has been serving in this role since 2017. The city council works hard to ensure that the residents have access to high-quality services and resources that make their lives better. They advocate for funding for initiatives such as public education, housing improvements, and public safety initiatives. Residents can stay informed about political matters by attending town meetings or by reading the local newspaper. By connecting with their elected representatives, they can ensure that their voices are heard when important decisions about their community are being made.
The political climate in Zip 25535 (Lavalette, WV) is very conservative.
Wayne County, WV is very conservative. In Wayne County, WV 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.1%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25535 (Lavalette, WV) is very conservative.
Lavalette, West Virginia is very conservative.
Wayne County, West Virginia is very 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.
Lavalette, 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 25535 (Lavalette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $1,599 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $6,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)