Van, WV is a small town in the Appalachian Mountains. The politics of Van, WV are shaped by the local residents and their values of hard work and dedication to their community. Local leaders focus on ensuring that the town's citizens have access to quality education, healthcare, and employment opportunities. They also strive to promote economic development in the area and to maintain a healthy lifestyle for its citizens. The elected officials of Van, WV work hard each day to ensure that the local population has all of the resources they need to stay healthy and active in their community.
The political climate in Zip 25206 (Van, WV) is strongly conservative.
Boone County, WV is very conservative. In Boone County, WV 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 22.6%.
Boone county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25206 (Van, WV) is strongly conservative.
Van, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Boone County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Charleston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Van, 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 25206 (Van)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)