Spencer, WV is a small town located in Roane County, West Virginia. It is served by the Roane County Commission and several local government offices, including the city council and mayor’s office. The most recent mayoral election was held in 2016, in which incumbent Mayor Gary Vickers was re-elected to a third term. Other members currently serving in the city council include Councilman Joe Scarborough, Councilwoman Dianna Robinson, Councilman Tom Jordon Jr., and Councilwoman Kelly Miller. The town also elects two representatives for the West Virginia State House of Delegates every two years. In 2018, Republicans Daryl Cowles and Riley Moore were elected as its representatives. All of these offices provide crucial support to Spencer’s citizens through services such as infrastructure maintenance, public safety initiatives, and economic development projects.
The political climate in Zip 25276 (Spencer, WV) is very conservative.
Roane County, WV is very conservative. In Roane County, WV 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roane county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.2%.
Roane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25276 (Spencer, WV) is very conservative.
Spencer, West Virginia is very conservative.
Roane 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.
Spencer, 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 25276 (Spencer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $1,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $18,574 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $404 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)