25951 Hinton, WV is a small town located in Summers County. It is governed by a mayor-council system, with Rick Felts currently serving as its mayor. The town council consists of five members, all elected on a non-partisan basis for terms of four years. The council meets on the first and third Monday of each month to discuss issues related to the local community within 25951 Hinton, WV. They work together to make decisions that impact the lives of citizens living in this small town. Policies are voted on and put into place in order to ensure the safety and prosperity of all citizens residing in Hinton, WV.
The political climate in Zip 25951 (Hinton, WV) is strongly conservative.
Summers County, WV is very conservative. In Summers County, WV 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summers county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 25.9%.
Summers county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25951 (Hinton, WV) is strongly conservative.
Hinton, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Summers 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.
Hinton, 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 25951 (Hinton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $2,938 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,428 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)