Ikes Fork, WV 24845 is a small rural town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. Despite its small size, politics remain an integral part of the town's structure and identity. Locally, Ikes Fork citizens have a strong sense of civic engagement with their local representatives. Every election season, passionate debates fill the streets as each candidate makes their case on why they should be elected for office. The residents come together to discuss issues that affect their community such as education, infrastructure improvements, economic development and health care access. Each resident has their own opinion and voice on these important matters and take pride in making sure their views are heard when it comes time to vote. With all these different points of view being expressed in Ikes Fork, it's no wonder that elections here are always hotly contested affairs!
The political climate in Zip 24845 (Ikes Fork, WV) is strongly conservative.
Wyoming County, WV is very conservative. In Wyoming County, WV 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 13.5%.
Wyoming county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24845 (Ikes Fork, WV) is strongly conservative.
Ikes Fork, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Wyoming 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.
Ikes Fork, West Virginia: D 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 24845 (Ikes Fork)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)