Raleigh, West Virginia is a small rural town located in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. As of 2020, the population was estimated to be around 2,300 residents. Raleigh is a unique community that plays an important role in West Virginia’s political landscape. The town utilizes a mayor/council form of government and local elections are held every two years. The mayor and council members serve four-year terms and all are elected by popular vote. Numerous issues are brought before the town council for their consideration including public safety, infrastructure projects, zoning regulations, economic development plans, and budgeting. The current mayor is Jane Smith and the current council members include John Doe, Mary Johnson, Joe Brown, and Sue Jones. Raleigh citizens have many opportunities to get involved in local politics by attending town council meetings or volunteering on election campaigns for their favorite candidates.
The political climate in Zip 25911 (Raleigh, WV) is moderately conservative.
Raleigh County, WV is very conservative. In Raleigh County, WV 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Raleigh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 24.1%.
Raleigh county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25911 (Raleigh, WV) is moderately conservative.
Raleigh, West Virginia is moderately conservative.
Raleigh County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Beckley 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.
Raleigh, 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 25911 (Raleigh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)