Huntington, WV is the largest city in Cabell County with a population of 47,806 as of 2019. It is home to many cultural and political organizations that promote community engagement. The City of Huntington has an active government that is headed by Mayor Steve Williams and a City Council of nine members elected at-large. The Mayor and Council are responsible for providing public safety, overseeing operations, delivering services, establishing laws and ordinances, managing finances, maintaining infrastructure, and promoting economic development. There are several local political parties active in Huntington including the Democratic Party of West Virginia (DPWV), Republican Party of West Virginia (RPWV), Green Mountain Party (GMP), Libertarian Party (LP) and others. These parties strive to bring positive change to the city through their respective platforms and work together to keep Huntington an attractive place to live for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 25702 (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 25702 (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 25702 (Huntington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 110 contributions totaling $9,279 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $8,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)