The city of New Martinsville, West Virginia, located in Wetzel County, is a small town with a population of just over 3,000 people. It is a rural area and the local politics are similar to those seen across the country. The political climate is generally conservative and there has been little change in recent years. Local elections often go uncontested since no one is running against an incumbent. The Mayor of New Martinsville is currently Kenneth Schoonover who was first elected to office in 2011. He is supported by the local government and continues to work diligently for the city and its residents. The City Council consists of seven members who represent different sections of the small town. They meet monthly to discuss new ordinances, pass legislation, and approve budgets. All citizens have a say in what happens in their city through local elections, where they can vote on issues that affect them most directly.
The political climate in Zip 26155 (New Martinsville, WV) is strongly conservative.
Wetzel County, WV is very conservative. In Wetzel County, WV 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wetzel county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.1%.
Wetzel county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26155 (New Martinsville, WV) is strongly conservative.
New Martinsville, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Wetzel 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.
New Martinsville, 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 26155 (New Martinsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $9,234 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $12,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)