The politics of 26038 Glen Dale, WV are typical to most other towns in the United States. The town is served by a mayor and a city council that makes decisions for the town's citizens. Even though population numbers have not been released, it is likely that there are many people living in the area that vote in local elections to elect leaders that will represent their interests. As far as local political candidates go, there isn't much information available on who might be running for office. It is important for citizens of Glen Dale to research their options and make informed decisions when voting for any candidate running for office in the town.
The political climate in Zip 26038 (Glen Dale, WV) is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, WV is very conservative. In Marshall County, WV 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.1% to 24.5%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26038 (Glen Dale, WV) is strongly conservative.
Glen Dale, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Wheeling 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.
Glen Dale, 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 26038 (Glen Dale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $5,122 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $6,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)