25650 Verner, WV is a small rural town located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. The town is governed by three-member local Town Council who are elected every four years by the residents. The Town Council is responsible for formulating and enacting local ordinances, creating policy on budgetary issues, and representing the citizens of 25650 Verner, WV at both county and state meetings.
The most recent election was held in 2020 and saw incumbent Mayor Earnest Russell retain his seat. His platform focused on continuing to increase job opportunities in the area while maintaining strong environmental protection standards for the region. He was joined on the council by two newcomers; Julie Jumper and Jim Jones. Both Jumper and Jones ran on platforms supporting economic growth for the area while reducing dependency on government subsidies.
The town's population is not large enough to require its own political party or candidates, leaving each candidate to represent their own individual positions when vying for office. This allows citizens of 25650 Verner, WV to have a direct say in who they want to represent them at Town Council meetings. In addition, all of the candidates strive to work together towards common goals that benefit everyone in the community regardless of party affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 25650 (Verner, WV) is very conservative.
Mingo County, WV is very conservative. In Mingo County, WV 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mingo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.9%.
Mingo county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25650 (Verner, WV) is very conservative.
Verner, West Virginia is very conservative.
Mingo 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.
Verner, West Virginia: D D 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 25650 (Verner)
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)