Romney, West Virginia, is located in Hampshire County and is home to a population of around 2,000 people. As a rural town, it has a strong sense of community and many locals are very involved in local politics. The city is served by the City Council, which consists of five elected officials who serve two-year terms. They are responsible for managing the city's budget and overseeing the day-to-day operations of Romney and its citizens. Every election cycle, local residents come out to vote for their preferred candidates and have their voices heard. Candidates typically focus on improving economic development in the area, while protecting the values that make Romney a great place to live. With passionate leaders fighting for its citizens’ best interests, Romney is sure to remain an integral part of Hampshire County for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 26757 (Romney, WV) is strongly conservative.
Hampshire County, WV is very conservative. In Hampshire County, WV 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.2%.
Hampshire county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26757 (Romney, WV) is strongly conservative.
Romney, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Hampshire County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Winchester Metro Area is strongly 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.
Romney, 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 26757 (Romney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 655 contributions totaling $28,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $4,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)