26206 Cowen, WV is a small unincorporated community in Webster County. It is home to a few hundred people and closely connected to the surrounding rural areas. The politics of 26206 Cowen, WV are mostly determined by the local government of Webster County. Currently, there are many different political candidates running for office in the county, and residents of 26206 Cowen often have to travel elsewhere to participate in the elections. Political issues that affect 26206 Cowen are mainly related to economic issues such as job growth, taxes, and public services. Although there are no specific candidates representing the area itself, the opinions of its citizens are taken into account when making decisions about how to best serve them.
The political climate in Zip 26206 (Cowen, WV) is strongly conservative.
Webster County, WV is very conservative. In Webster County, WV 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.9%.
Webster county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26206 (Cowen, WV) is strongly conservative.
Cowen, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Webster 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.
Cowen, 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 26206 (Cowen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $213 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)