Madison, WV 25130 is a small town located in Boone County with a population of just over 500 people. The political climate in Madison is reflective of the rest of West Virginia as a whole, with the Democratic Party holding the majority of elected offices. In terms of local politics, there have been several candidates from both major parties running for office in recent years. Examples include Republican Brian Kurcaba, who was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2014 and Democrat John Doyle who ran for mayor of Madison in 2017. Both candidates ran on platforms that focused on maintaining the small-town atmosphere and promoting economic development while keeping taxes low. Overall, Madison's political landscape is dominated by the Democratic party, but there are still voices from both sides that are heard in town elections.
The political climate in Zip 25130 (Madison, WV) is very conservative.
Boone County, WV is very conservative. In Boone County, WV 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 22.6%.
Boone county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25130 (Madison, WV) is very conservative.
Madison, West Virginia is very conservative.
Boone County, West Virginia is very 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.
Madison, West Virginia: D D D 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 25130 (Madison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $8,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $2,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)