The small town of Philippi, WV (zip code 26416) is located in Barbour County and has a population around 2,500 people. The town is run by its Mayor and City Council who serve a four-year term. The current mayor of the town is Bob Henry Baber, who was elected back in 2015. The Council Members are Mike Stalnaker, William M. Jones, Vernon N. Wilt Jr., Carol Jean Ward, Donald E. Metz, and James L. Griffin Jr. Philippi also has a Police Department headed by Chief William J. Brown which works diligently to keep the citizens safe and maintain order within the community. It’s important for Philippi residents to stay informed on local politics so they can make educated choices when it comes time to vote for candidates running for office in their area as well as any other changes that may affect their community or daily lives in some way.
The political climate in Zip 26416 (Philippi, WV) is strongly 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 26416 (Philippi, WV) is strongly conservative.
Philippi, West Virginia is strongly 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.
Philippi, 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 26416 (Philippi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $2,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $10,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $382 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)