The small rural community of 26032 Bethany, WV is home to a welcoming and active population. Despite its size, the town has local politics that strive to create positive change for residents. Each year, the town holds elections for local representatives who make decisions that affect the community. Prominent issues discussed by these officials include creating new business opportunities, improving education initiatives, and maintaining supportive public services. The representatives work diligently with citizens to ensure that their voices are heard and all needs are met within the community. With strong leadership and determined efforts from elected officials, Bethany aims to build a better future for its people.
The political climate in Zip 26032 (Bethany, WV) is strongly conservative.
Brooke County, WV is very conservative. In Brooke County, WV 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brooke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.7%.
Brooke county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26032 (Bethany, WV) is strongly conservative.
Bethany, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Brooke County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Weirton-Steubenville 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.
Bethany, West Virginia: d d 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 26032 (Bethany)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $2,481 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)