26808 High View, WV is a small rural town located in the Appalachian region of West Virginia. Despite its small population size, it is an active and engaged community that is passionate about local politics. During election season, residents come together to discuss the issues that are most important to them and to educate each other on the different candidates running for office. This active political participation has been key in representing 26808 High View's interests on the local, state and federal levels. Everyone in 26808 High View takes part in making sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 26808 (High View, WV) is very conservative.
Hampshire County, WV is very conservative. In Hampshire County, WV 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.2%.
Hampshire county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26808 (High View, WV) is very conservative.
High View, West Virginia is very conservative.
Hampshire County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Winchester 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.
High View, 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 26808 (High View)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)