26250 Belington, WV is a small rural town located in north central West Virginia. As with many other small towns in the area, the politics of 26250 Belington are determined at the local level and revolve around important issues that directly affect residents of the community. In recent years, topics such as education funding, economic development and revitalization projects, affordable housing, road improvements, and infrastructure renewal have all been major focuses of discussion among the local political candidates. The people of 26250 Belington are passionate about their community and are actively involved in making sure their voices are heard by their elected officials. Through direct engagement with local politicians and representatives from various state agencies, residents are able to ensure that their interests are taken into account when decisions are made regarding the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 26250 (Belington, WV) is very conservative.
Barbour County, WV is very conservative. In Barbour County, WV 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barbour county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.6% to 21.8%.
Barbour county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26250 (Belington, WV) is very conservative.
Belington, West Virginia is very conservative.
Barbour 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.
Belington, 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 26250 (Belington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $307 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $2,716 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)