26261 Richwood, WV is a small rural community located in the heart of West Virginia. The local government is dedicated to supporting its citizens and providing them with services and resources necessary for a vibrant lifestyle. The city council is comprised of five members, each elected to represent their ward within the city. They work together to ensure fiscal responsibility, infrastructure projects, and other initiatives that benefit the people of 26261 Richwood, WV. Local elections happen every four years and are an opportunity for residents to have a say in who leads their community. Candidates come from all political backgrounds and often have deep roots in the area that make them more invested in bettering the lives of those who live there. It's important for residents to make their voices heard when voting so that their community can continue to be successful and prosperous into the future.
The political climate in Zip 26261 (Richwood, WV) is strongly conservative.
Nicholas County, WV is very conservative. In Nicholas County, WV 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nicholas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.9%.
Nicholas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26261 (Richwood, WV) is strongly conservative.
Richwood, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Nicholas 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.
Richwood, 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 26261 (Richwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $1,005 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)