Petersburg, West Virginia is a small town located in Grant County. It has a rich history as an agricultural hub and the people of Petersburg are proud to call it home. Politically, Petersburg is traditionally conservative and leans towards the Republican party. There have been local elections for many years, with a number of candidates from both parties running for office. The most recent mayor election yielded two Republicans, Fred Davis and Joe Guyton, who were both re-elected by a comfortable margin. Although candidates from both sides have run for office in the past, Republicans have typically won local elections in Petersburg by wide margins. The people of Petersburg are generally satisfied with their leaders and continue to support their local politicians year after year.
The political climate in Zip 26847 (Petersburg, WV) is strongly conservative.
Grant County, WV is very conservative. In Grant County, WV 11.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.4% to 11.0%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26847 (Petersburg, WV) is strongly conservative.
Petersburg, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Grant 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.
Petersburg, 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 26847 (Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $38,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,032 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)