26285 Norton, WV is a small rural town that is part of the Appalachian region of the United States. Politics in the area are largely driven by local issues such as education, infrastructure development, and economic growth. Local politics in 26285 Norton, WV are governed by a mayor-council form of government with representatives from each of the city's wards and the individual townships across the region. As such, no specific political candidates or parties dominate local politics. The focus of these elections is typically on local issues such as crime reduction, creating jobs for residents, and improving public services like water quality and access to healthcare. Voters in 26285 Norton also have considerable influence over local legislation and their elected representatives take into consideration their concerns when making decisions about what laws should be passed or repealed.
The political climate in Zip 26285 (Norton, WV) is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, WV is very conservative. In Randolph County, WV 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.6%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26285 (Norton, WV) is strongly conservative.
Norton, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Elkins Metro Area is very 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.
Norton, 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 26285 (Norton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)