25420 Gerrardstown, West Virginia is an unincorporated community located in Berkeley County. It has a small population and the political atmosphere is relatively quiet. Although there are no local political candidates or offices in the area, the residents of 25420 Gerrardstown still take part in national politics to ensure their voices are heard. Residents are involved in a variety of activities that support their causes and beliefs, such as registering to vote and participating in political campaigns or rallies. They also stay up-to-date on current events by staying informed through newspapers, television news broadcasts, and internet resources. By engaging with politics on a larger scale, people from 25420 Gerrardstown continue to have their voices heard even without having local representatives to speak for them.
The political climate in Zip 25420 (Gerrardstown, WV) is strongly conservative.
Berkeley County, WV is strongly conservative. In Berkeley County, WV 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkeley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 33.3%.
Berkeley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25420 (Gerrardstown, WV) is strongly conservative.
Gerrardstown, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Berkeley County, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Hagerstown-Martinsburg 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.
Gerrardstown, 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 25420 (Gerrardstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,176 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $6,348 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)