Belle, WV is a small town with a population of about 3,000 people located in Kanawha County. It is part of the Charleston metropolitan area and is considered to be a bedroom community. Politically, Belle has been a stronghold for conservative values and candidates in recent years. At the local level, politicians have focused on creating jobs and opportunities for the residents as well as improving infrastructure such as bridges and roads. One major issue that has been discussed in the past few years is the need to increase funding for public schools in order to raise educational standards locally. Additionally, there have been efforts to reduce taxes in order to make living conditions more affordable for its citizens. Overall, politics in the town of Belle are generally focused on improving quality of life within the community as well as ensuring fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 25015 (Belle, 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 25015 (Belle, WV) is somewhat conservative.
Belle, 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.
Belle, 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 25015 (Belle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $11,233 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $535 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)