The small rural town of 24887 Switchback, WV is not immune to politics. It is represented in the West Virginia legislature by two delegates and one senator. The county is run by a board of supervisors who are responsible for managing issues such as land use, zoning and infrastructure development. On the local level, citizens vote for their mayor and town council every four years. These elected officials work together to make decisions on behalf of the residents of 24887 Switchback, WV in terms of funding public services, governing regulations and creating economic opportunities for local businesses. All citizens have a voice in their community through town hall meetings or other means of communication with their representatives. The political landscape in 24887 Switchback, WV may be small but its citizens take part in the democratic process to ensure that their voice is heard.
The political climate in Zip 24887 (Switchback, WV) is strongly conservative.
McDowell County, WV is very conservative. In McDowell County, WV 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDowell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 20.4%.
McDowell county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 24887 (Switchback, WV) is strongly conservative.
Switchback, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
McDowell 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.
Switchback, West Virginia: D D d 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 24887 (Switchback)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)