The politics in Kingwood, WV, 26537 are focused on local issues that directly affect the residents of the community. The city is represented by two members of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and is home to many local civic and political organizations. Kingwood is also part of a larger Congressional District in which citizens are able to express their views on national issues. Residents of Kingwood have a strong presence at the polls during election season and take an active interest in the political process. Additionally, town hall meetings provide further opportunity for residents to voice their opinions and be informed about current events. With a population of over 4,000 people, Kingwood offers its citizens a chance to make meaningful contributions to the political process at both local and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 26537 (Kingwood, WV) is very conservative.
Preston County, WV is very conservative. In Preston County, WV 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Preston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.7%.
Preston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26537 (Kingwood, WV) is very conservative.
Kingwood, West Virginia is very conservative.
Preston County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Morgantown Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Kingwood, 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 26537 (Kingwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $34,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 325 contributions totaling $145,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)