Brenton is a small town located in the state of West Virginia. The town has a population of around 1,500 people. Political activity in Brenton generally centers around local issues such as zoning and taxation. Local elections are held every two years to determine who represents Brenton on the City Council and School Board. Candidates for these races typically come from the community or have prior experience working with local government in some capacity. Issues often brought up by candidates during campaigns involve things like economic growth, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and education funding. Residents take an active role in voting and attending events to learn more about each candidate's platforms. Although talking points may vary slightly from election to election, Brenton voters take their civic duties seriously and are always looking for ways to improve their community through careful consideration of each candidate's qualifications and ideas.
The political climate in Zip 24818 (Brenton, WV) is very conservative.
Wyoming County, WV is very conservative. In Wyoming County, WV 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 13.5%.
Wyoming county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24818 (Brenton, WV) is very conservative.
Brenton, West Virginia is very conservative.
Wyoming 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.
Brenton, West Virginia: D 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 24818 (Brenton)
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 3 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)