The small town of Capon Bridge in 26711 is part of the Hampshire County located in West Virginia. As a small rural community, politics in the area typically consist of local elections for county commissioner and other county offices. The town also has representation in both the West Virginia House of Delegates and Senate. Residents of Capon Bridge take great pride in their local political representatives and vote for candidates who will best represent their interests at a state and county level. There is a strong sense of community here with many organizations and events that bring people together to discuss important issues affecting them as well as to participate in local government.
The political climate in Zip 26711 (Capon Bridge, WV) is very conservative.
Hampshire County, WV is very conservative. In Hampshire County, WV 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.2%.
Hampshire county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26711 (Capon Bridge, WV) is very conservative.
Capon Bridge, West Virginia is very conservative.
Hampshire County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Winchester Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Capon Bridge, 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 26711 (Capon Bridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $810 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $2,055 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)