Auburn, WV is a small town located in Hampshire County with a population just below 500 people. It is a tight-knit community where politics are a hot topic of discussion and debate. The area is primarily served by the Hampshire County Commission, which consists of three county commissioners elected to represent the citizens of the county. Additionally, the town has an active Mayor-Council format for local government with the mayor and four council members as representatives for the town's residents. Politics in Auburn are generally focused on improving infrastructure, creating new businesses, and preserving small-town values. Despite its size, Auburn takes its political participation seriously by engaging with its elected officials through meetings and discussions to ensure that their voices are heard throughout Hampshire County.
The political climate in Zip 26325 (Auburn, 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 26325 (Auburn, WV) is very conservative.
Auburn, 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.
Auburn, 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 26325 (Auburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 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)