The small town of 26298 Bergoo, WV is governed by a mayor and a town council, who work together to make decisions about the local community. The town is an active participant in West Virginia state politics, having voted for presidential candidates from both major parties in recent elections. In addition to voting in statewide elections, citizens of 26298 Bergoo have also shown support for their local candidates over the years. A number of familiar names have held political offices in the past few decades, including former mayors Katie Blair and Paul Patton. The current mayor is Tom Miller, who has been a leader in advocating for economic development and infrastructure improvements within the city limits. Residents enjoy being active participants in the local democratic process and take pride in seeing their representatives take part in state-level decision-making.
The political climate in Zip 26298 (Bergoo, WV) is strongly conservative.
Webster County, WV is very conservative. In Webster County, WV 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.9%.
Webster county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26298 (Bergoo, WV) is strongly conservative.
Bergoo, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Webster 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.
Bergoo, 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 26298 (Bergoo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)