The politics of Bartow, WV 24920 are largely determined by the local governmental entities. The Town of Bartow is governed by a mayor and six aldermen who serve four-year terms. The local school board oversees the public schools in the area and is composed of five members who are elected at-large on a non-partisan basis. The county commission, which sets policies for the entire county, consists of three elected commissioners who serve four-year terms. Additionally, there are several state representatives that serve Bartow and its surrounding areas in West Virginia's House of Delegates and Senate. On election day, residents can cast their votes to influence the decisions made by these various political bodies.
The political climate in Zip 24920 (Bartow, WV) is very conservative.
Pocahontas County, WV is very conservative. In Pocahontas County, WV 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pocahontas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.1%.
Pocahontas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24920 (Bartow, WV) is very conservative.
Bartow, West Virginia is very conservative.
Pocahontas County, West Virginia is very conservative.
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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.
Bartow, 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 24920 (Bartow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $2,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)