The small town of 26351 Glenville, WV is part of the larger Gilmer County. The county is home to a significant population of small-town folks with strong ties to their local community. Political views in this area tend to match the majority conservative perspective found throughout West Virginia. Local politics are dominated by Republican candidates, who generally align with the national party and its agenda. In recent years, Gilmer County has seen an influx of more liberal-leaning candidates, though they have had little success at winning office in this heavily red part of the state. There is still much debate around political issues such as healthcare and education reform, but there remains a clear divide along party lines on most topics. Despite their differences, residents of 26351 Glenville continue to work together for the betterment of their community and show a strong spirit of civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 26351 (Glenville, WV) is strongly conservative.
Gilmer County, WV is very conservative. In Gilmer County, WV 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilmer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 22.5%.
Gilmer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26351 (Glenville, WV) is strongly conservative.
Glenville, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Gilmer County, West Virginia is very conservative.
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West Virginia is very conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Glenville, 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 26351 (Glenville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,187 contributions totaling $34,873 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $5,848 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)