Martinsburg, WV is located in Berkeley County and is the county seat. The city has a history of civic engagement and local politics, dating back to its founding in 1778. Today, the city is part of the 73rd district represented by Paul Espinosa. The mayor of Martinsburg is George Karos, who was elected in 2020. Other local politicians include City Council members Sarah Smith, Joe Miller, and John Anderson. All of these representatives are committed to improving the quality of life for all their constituents and ensuring that residents are informed on issues facing the community. They work together with citizens to create positive change in Martinsburg through public meetings and events such as town hall gatherings.
The political climate in Zip 25404 (Martinsburg, WV) is moderately conservative.
Berkeley County, WV is strongly conservative. In Berkeley County, WV 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkeley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 33.3%.
Berkeley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25404 (Martinsburg, WV) is moderately conservative.
Martinsburg, West Virginia is moderately conservative.
Berkeley County, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Hagerstown-Martinsburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Martinsburg, 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 25404 (Martinsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $15,289 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $30,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $488 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)