Poca, West Virginia is a small rural town located in Putnam County. It has a population of just over 2,000 people and is known for its close-knit community. Politically, Poca is part of the 25159 zip code district and trends Republican with some independent voters. The local political scene is fairly quiet but is still an important part of the community. Elections are held every year to determine who will represent the residents in local government, and candidates are chosen by members of the community to run for office. While there are no current names of local political candidates running for office in Poca, it's important that citizens remain informed on what's happening politically within the town so they can make informed decisions when it comes time to cast their votes.
The political climate in Zip 25159 (Poca, WV) is very conservative.
Putnam County, WV is very conservative. In Putnam County, WV 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.6%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25159 (Poca, WV) is very conservative.
Poca, West Virginia is very conservative.
Putnam County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Huntington-Ashland 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.
Poca, 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 25159 (Poca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $10,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)