Nitro, West Virginia is a town filled with people who care deeply about their local politics. It is home to many active members of both the Democratic and Republican parties. Citizens in Nitro have elected representatives for various positions such as mayor, city council, school board, and state legislature. These elected officials are tasked with tackling issues that are important to the local community such as job creation, public safety, and infrastructure improvement. The people of Nitro take great pride in their ability to participate in the political process by engaging in spirited debates and electing candidates who best represent their values. Despite its relatively small size, Nitro is an example of how democracy can work at a local level.
The political climate in Zip 25143 (Nitro, WV) is somewhat conservative.
Kanawha County, WV is somewhat conservative. In Kanawha County, WV 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kanawha county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 41.8%.
Kanawha county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25143 (Nitro, WV) is somewhat conservative.
Nitro, West Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Kanawha County, West Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Charleston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Nitro, West Virginia: d 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 25143 (Nitro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 400 contributions totaling $21,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $11,920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $458 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)