26134 Belmont, WV is a small town in Ohio County that offers a peaceful lifestyle and agricultural scenery. Politically, it leans conservative, as evidenced by the fact that almost all of the local elected officials are Republicans. The county commission is made up of three Republican members, and the mayor is also a Republican. On the state level, 26134 Belmont is represented by Delegate David Pethtel and Senator Ryan Weld who are both Republicans. This region has some of the most heavily Republican voting areas in West Virginia. People in 26134 Belmont take pride in their local government and support their representatives in state-wide elections.
The political climate in Zip 26134 (Belmont, WV) is very conservative.
Pleasants County, WV is very conservative. In Pleasants County, WV 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pleasants county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.0%.
Pleasants county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26134 (Belmont, WV) is very conservative.
Belmont, West Virginia is very conservative.
Pleasants 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.
Belmont, 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 26134 (Belmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $380 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)