The politics in 26845 Old Fields, WV are largely influenced by its local government. The town is a part of the Hardy County and is represented in the West Virginia House of Delegates by Del. Cody Thompson. At the county level, Hardy County Commissioner Carol McDaniel serves as the county’s legislative authority and represents Old Fields on all matters related to Hardy County government. Beyond these two local representatives, residents are actively involved in their community's public policy initiatives through a wide range of political activities such as attending local events and meetings hosted by their representatives or engaging with various advocacy groups that represent their interests in the legislature. As a small rural town, Old Fields has limited influence over state-level policies but has many opportunities to make its voice heard on issues that are important to its residents.
The political climate in Zip 26845 (Old Fields, 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 26845 (Old Fields, WV) is very conservative.
Old Fields, West Virginia is very conservative.
Hardy County, West Virginia is very conservative.
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West Virginia is very conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Old Fields, 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 26845 (Old Fields)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $837 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)