The small town of 26405 Moatsville, WV is a rural community nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. It is home to approximately 1,200 people and has an elected Mayor who is responsible for making decisions and policies that affect the local population. The Mayor heads a local government that also includes a Town Council made up of five members who are elected by the residents every two years. The local political candidates in 26405 Moatsville, WV include individuals from both major political parties and from any other smaller parties that may exist in the area. During election cycles, these candidates host events and debates so that residents can learn more about the issues facing their community and determine which candidate best represents their interests and values.
The political climate in Zip 26405 (Moatsville, WV) is very conservative.
Barbour County, WV is very conservative. In Barbour County, WV 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barbour county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.6% to 21.8%.
Barbour county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26405 (Moatsville, WV) is very conservative.
Moatsville, West Virginia is very conservative.
Barbour 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.
Moatsville, 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 26405 (Moatsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $5,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)