Lost City, WV is a small town located in the mountains of West Virginia with a population of approximately 4,000 people. It is a quiet and close-knit community that takes pride in its local politics. In recent years, many young candidates have been running for positions in the local government in order to represent their fellow citizens as well as pushing for changes to better the town. Candidates come from both sides of the aisle, looking at different methods to improve Lost City. The current mayor has been fighting for more infrastructure improvements while some council members are advocating for job creation and economic growth. Additionally, there are several hot button issues being discussed by all candidates such as taxation levels, environmental protection, education initiatives, and public safety improvements. No matter who is elected into office, it is clear that Lost City will be making great strides towards the future and putting their citizens first.
The political climate in Zip 26810 (Lost City, WV) is very conservative.
Hardy County, WV is very conservative. In Hardy County, WV 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.7% to 21.8%.
Hardy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26810 (Lost City, WV) is very conservative.
Lost City, West Virginia is very conservative.
Hardy 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.
Lost City, 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 26810 (Lost City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $1,753 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)