26201 Buckhannon, WV is located in Upshur County and is home to over 5,000 residents. The town has a strong sense of community and local government that works hard to ensure the needs of its citizens are met. Government decisions are made by the mayor and city council who are responsible for creating laws and policies that promote the safety and well-being of all citizens within the city. Currently, the city's leadership is focused on economic development initiatives, improved infrastructure, and revitalizing public parks. They also strive to create an environment where businesses feel welcome to grow and prosper. The members of this government also work together with several local organizations to foster growth within the community. With their combined efforts, 26201 Buckhannon, WV is a great place to live, work, and play.
The political climate in Zip 26201 (Buckhannon, WV) is strongly conservative.
Upshur County, WV is very conservative. In Upshur County, WV 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upshur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 22.1%.
Upshur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26201 (Buckhannon, WV) is strongly conservative.
Buckhannon, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Upshur 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.
Buckhannon, 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 26201 (Buckhannon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 537 contributions totaling $29,657 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $13,791 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)