Sylvester, WV is a small town with a population of about 2,000 people located in McDowell County. Politically, the area is mostly conservative and it usually votes for Republican candidates in elections. The local mayor is Gary A. McComas and he has held the position since 2019. In addition to the mayor, there are four city council members who are elected by Sylvester residents every four years. The current council members are Jennifer Reasor, Charles Hinkle, Michael LaFon and Gail DeBerry. It's important to note that all of the local political candidates must be residents of Sylvester in order to run for office here. As a result, local politics in Sylvester remains tight-knit and close-knit as the same families have been involved in politics for generations.
The political climate in Zip 25193 (Sylvester, WV) is very conservative.
Boone County, WV is very conservative. In Boone County, WV 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 22.6%.
Boone county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25193 (Sylvester, WV) is very conservative.
Sylvester, West Virginia is very conservative.
Boone County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Charleston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sylvester, 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 25193 (Sylvester)
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 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)