Grafton, West Virginia is located in the north-central region of the state and has a population of approximately 5,400 people. The town is served by the Taylor County Commission which serves as a governing body for the county. The Commission is responsible for zoning regulations, property taxes, and other public services within the county. On the local level, the town of Grafton is managed by a Mayor and City Council who are elected to four-year terms. Every two years there are elections held with residents voting on local candidates who are running for office. These elections allow residents to have their voices heard in regards to local policies and regulations that directly affect them.
The political climate in Zip 26354 (Grafton, WV) is strongly conservative.
Taylor County, WV is very conservative. In Taylor County, WV 24.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taylor county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 24.3%.
Taylor county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26354 (Grafton, WV) is strongly conservative.
Grafton, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Taylor County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Clarksburg 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.
Grafton, 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 26354 (Grafton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $1,798 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $12,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)