The small town of Maidsville, WV (zip code 26541) is a tight-knit community filled with proud citizens who take great pride in their political views. Every election cycle, the residents of Maidsville are sure to turn out and cast their vote for the candidates they feel best represent them. Every voter has a unique perspective on which issues matter most to them and the politicians running for office must be ready to address these diverse concerns. In general, the major topics of discussion related to politics in Maidsville include job growth, education reform, environmental protection, healthcare access and criminal justice reform. Local candidates are key players when it comes to debates over policy proposals as they have direct contact with the people of Maidsville and understand what matters most to their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 26541 (Maidsville, WV) is somewhat conservative.
Monongalia County, WV is leaning conservative. In Monongalia County, WV 48.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monongalia county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.2%.
Monongalia county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26541 (Maidsville, WV) is somewhat conservative.
Maidsville, West Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Monongalia County, West Virginia is leaning 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.
Maidsville, West Virginia: r r d 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 26541 (Maidsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $6,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,339 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $4,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)