The small town of 26136 Big Bend, WV is home to a close-knit community that values its local politics. Despite its small size and population, the people of Big Bend take pride in selecting candidates who are committed to improving their community for the long-term. During election season, many candidates come forth with their platforms and ideas for making positive changes. Residents always carefully consider the proposed plans before they make their decision on which candidate they feel best represents their interests and values. It’s important that each candidate has an understanding of how any proposed changes might impact the day-to-day lives of those living in Big Bend and in the surrounding areas. With such a powerful voice in local politics, it’s no wonder that Big Bend remains a tight knit and vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 26136 (Big Bend, WV) is very conservative.
Calhoun County, WV is very conservative. In Calhoun County, WV 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.1%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26136 (Big Bend, WV) is very conservative.
Big Bend, West Virginia is very conservative.
Calhoun 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.
Big Bend, 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 26136 (Big Bend)
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 4 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)