Vienna, WV is a small town located in Wood County, West Virginia. It has a population of roughly 3,800 people and is the county seat of Wood County. The city government consists of six members on the Vienna City Council, which are elected by the citizens every four years to represent their interests in local government affairs. In addition to the council members, Vienna also has an appointed mayor that works with the council to carry out the city's legislative agenda.
The political atmosphere in Vienna is generally conservative, with Republican candidates typically being elected at both state and national levels. While there are no candidates representing a specific party in Vienna's local elections, the citizens of Vienna do have a say in who represents them through their votes for City Council members. Recently there was an election where two incumbents retained their seats and two newcomers were elected to serve on the council. Citizens can also participate in numerous local events such as community meetings and town halls throughout the year which give residents an opportunity to stay connected with their local politicians.
The political climate in Zip 26105 (Vienna, WV) is strongly conservative.
Wood County, WV is very conservative. In Wood County, WV 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.2%.
Wood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26105 (Vienna, WV) is strongly conservative.
Vienna, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Wood County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Parkersburg-Vienna Metro Area is very 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.
Vienna, 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 26105 (Vienna)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 300 contributions totaling $27,865 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $37,961 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)