Hamlin, West Virginia is a small town in the heart of West Virginia. It is an active and vibrant community, and politics are an important part of its life. Hamlin has a strong local government that consists of a mayor and city council elected by residents every two years. The current mayor is Bobby Henderson, who was elected in 2017. Local political issues often revolve around improving public services, such as schools, roads, and infrastructure development. Residents also have an active voice when it comes to state-level issues affecting their community, such as taxes, regulations on businesses, and education policies. All in all, the politics in Hamlin are very active and engaging for both citizens and officials alike.
The political climate in Hamlin, WV is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, WV is very conservative. In Lincoln County, WV 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.8%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamlin, WV is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, West Virginia is very 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.
Hamlin, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Hamlin, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 197 contributions totaling $17,932 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $7,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)