Milton, WV is a small town located in the Cabell County of West Virginia with a zip code of 25541. It is governed by the mayor and a five-member council who are elected by the local residents. They manage issues related to public safety, infrastructure, health and welfare, and other local matters. As part of their duties, the Milton Town Council also oversees the town's development plans. Every four years, local political candidates run for office in order to represent Milton residents on the council and provide them with their vision for moving the town forward. The local community actively participates in electing these candidates who best reflect their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 25541 (Milton, WV) is moderately 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 25541 (Milton, WV) is moderately conservative.
Milton, West Virginia is moderately 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.
Milton, 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 25541 (Milton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $5,676 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $26,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)