Berwind, WV is a small community located in McDowell County. It is home to a diverse population of around 500 people who primarily work in the coal and natural gas industries. Despite its small size, Berwind has an active political scene focused on local issues that affect the community. Local candidates often come from the area and have deep connections to the community, working hard to represent the interests of all residents. The town has multiple polling places for voting during elections, ensuring that every voice is heard in the process. Additionally, there are several organizations dedicated to educating citizens about their rights and responsibilities as voters in order to ensure meaningful participation by all in the political process. This dedication to local politics highlights Berwind's commitment to democracy and providing its citizens with a strong voice in government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 24815 (Berwind, WV) is strongly conservative.
McDowell County, WV is very conservative. In McDowell County, WV 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDowell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 20.4%.
McDowell county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24815 (Berwind, WV) is strongly conservative.
Berwind, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
McDowell 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.
Berwind, 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 24815 (Berwind)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 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)