Gauley Bridge, West Virginia is a small town located in Fayette County. It has a population of around 900 people and is home to many different organizations that contribute to the local political culture. The city council is made up of five members elected every two years. Each councillor serves a term of four years and represents the local citizens on various issues including taxation, budgeting, infrastructure, public safety, and improving the community. The city council meets regularly throughout the year to discuss local politics and how to best serve their constituents. Additionally, Gauley Bridge has its own school board which oversees the educational system in the area. Every four years an election is held for two seats in the school board to ensure that all parties have a voice in decisions that affect learning and education in Gauley Bridge. Finally, Fayette County also holds elections for Superior Court Judges who have jurisdiction over cases within Gauley Bridge. All of these entities work together to ensure that Gauley Bridge residents are well-represented politically and have access to quality public services and resources.
The political climate in Zip 25085 (Gauley Bridge, WV) is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, WV is very conservative. In Fayette County, WV 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 30.0%.
Fayette county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25085 (Gauley Bridge, WV) is strongly conservative.
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Beckley 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.
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia: D d 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 25085 (Gauley Bridge)
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 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)