Berea, WV (26327) is a small town located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Politically, the town is heavily conservative, with Republicans dominating the local races. In recent years, though, there has been an increasing trend of progressive candidates making it on the ballot. These progressive candidates are often younger and more socially-minded than their more established opponents. While they may not have as much experience or name recognition as their opponents, they are gaining traction in the community and making waves with their stances on issues like healthcare reform, education reform and environmental protection. There is much excitement surrounding these new faces in Berea's political landscape and many believe that they can bring about positive change that will benefit the entire city.
The political climate in Zip 26327 (Berea, WV) is very conservative.
Ritchie County, WV is very conservative. In Ritchie County, WV 13.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ritchie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.7%.
Ritchie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26327 (Berea, WV) is very conservative.
Berea, West Virginia is very conservative.
Ritchie 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.
Berea, 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 26327 (Berea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)