Fort Gay, WV, is a small village located in Wayne County. With a population of around 1,500 people, it is relatively quiet and peaceful. The town does not have many political candidates to choose from as the local politics are quite small scale. Most decisions are made by the town council which consists of five members who are elected every four years and serve as the governing body for the town. They meet regularly to discuss matters related to policies and regulations that impact citizens in Fort Gay. Local representatives from the state legislature also visit from time to time to hear opinions on ongoing issues. Overall, politics in Fort Gay is minimal but still very important for the development of this small West Virginia community.
The political climate in Zip 25514 (Fort Gay, WV) is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, WV is very conservative. In Wayne County, WV 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.1%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25514 (Fort Gay, WV) is strongly conservative.
Fort Gay, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Huntington-Ashland Metro Area is very 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.
Fort Gay, 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 25514 (Fort Gay)
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 7 contributions totaling $273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)