Ellenboro, WV is a small rural town located in the northern part of the state. It has a long history of political activism and civic engagement, with people from all backgrounds and walks of life participating in local elections and working to ensure their voices are heard. The most recent election featured five candidates for mayor, a number that many towns in the area cannot match. Each candidate had their own platform and ideas for how to improve the community. Though not everyone agreed on every issue, all shared a commitment to making Ellenboro better for everyone. The vote was ultimately close, but the current mayor was reelected by a slim margin. This outcome speaks to how important local politics are in Ellenboro – even when it can seem like no one is really paying attention, elections still have an impact there.
The political climate in Zip 26346 (Ellenboro, WV) is very conservative.
Ritchie County, WV is very conservative. In Ritchie County, WV 13.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ritchie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.7%.
Ritchie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26346 (Ellenboro, WV) is very conservative.
Ellenboro, West Virginia is very conservative.
Ritchie 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.
Ellenboro, 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 26346 (Ellenboro)
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 $11,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,667 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)