The politics of 25245 Given, West Virginia are focused on the local level. It is home to a number of local governments which work together to ensure the progress of the community. The town is managed by an elected mayor and board of supervisors who work with state and federal agencies to ensure that residents have access to necessary services. Other local groups include the police department, fire department, libraries, parks and recreation, economic development, public works, and other organizations that provide services to the town. Each year local elections are held for various offices at the municipal level with candidates from both major political parties competing for office positions. This allows citizens to have a say in who will represent them in government decisions that affect their lives. Additionally, citizens can voice their concerns or opinions during these elections which helps shape policy decisions made at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 25245 (Given, WV) is very conservative.
Jackson County, WV is very conservative. In Jackson County, WV 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.7%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25245 (Given, WV) is very conservative.
Given, West Virginia is very conservative.
Jackson 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.
Given, 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 25245 (Given)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)