The politics in Cleveland, WV (26215) involve the mayor and city council. The seven-member city council is elected by residents of each ward and serves four-year terms. The mayor is elected for a four-year term and his duties include managing the day-to-day affairs of the city and preparing an annual budget for approval by the city council. Issues that are important to Cleveland include economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety and quality of life. Recently, the mayor and city council have been focusing on initiatives to attract young people to Cleveland as well as improving recreational amenities for residents. The local political candidates have prioritized these issues in their campaigns, with many holding town hall meetings or rallies to share their platforms with voters.
The political climate in Zip 26215 (Cleveland, WV) is very 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 26215 (Cleveland, WV) is very conservative.
Cleveland, West Virginia is very 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.
Cleveland, 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 26215 (Cleveland)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)