The small rural town of 26651 Summersville, WV has a population of approximately 2,500 people. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government that consists of five elected members from the community, with the mayor serving as the leader of the council. Summersville has a long tradition of strong local politics, with many local residents getting involved in city and county elections. Every two years, local candidates run for the mayor's seat or for one of the four council-member positions in order to bring forth their ideas and serve their community. The local political process is an important part of life in Summersville and provides opportunities for neighbors to come together to make decisions on issues that affect them all.
The political climate in Zip 26651 (Summersville, WV) is very 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 26651 (Summersville, WV) is very conservative.
Summersville, West Virginia is very 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.
Summersville, 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 26651 (Summersville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $9,279 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $37,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)