The small town of Montrose, West Virginia, is a rural community located in Tucker County. It is a tight-knit community that values their local politics and the people running for office. Despite its size, Montrose has experienced growth in recent years which has sparked conversations among its residents. There are no local political candidates in the area currently, but many citizens have expressed interest in becoming involved with the political process. The town is represented in the state legislature by District 15 Delegate Bill Hamilton and Senator David Sypolt. Both are committed to addressing the issues most important to citizens of 26283 Montrose, WV such as economic development and job opportunities. Overall, it is clear that politics play an important role in the life of this close-knit community.
The political climate in Zip 26283 (Montrose, WV) is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, WV is very conservative. In Randolph County, WV 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.6%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26283 (Montrose, WV) is strongly conservative.
Montrose, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Elkins 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.
Montrose, 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 26283 (Montrose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $3,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)