The small town of 26238 Volga, WV is home to a population of just under 500 people. It is an agricultural and industrial town with a long history of political involvement in local government. The current mayor is Bob Jenkins, who was elected in 2020 and has plenty of experience in both business and politics. He has been involved with the community for many years, and his focus on economic growth has been beneficial to the area. On the running for the next election are two local candidates; Joe Smith, who promotes fiscal responsibility and economic development, and Sarah Roberts, who emphasizes social justice initiatives such as affordable housing and access to healthcare. Both candidates have their own platforms they will be advocating for should they be elected into office. With a variety of issues facing the small town, it will be important that voters take time to assess each candidate before heading to the polls.
The political climate in Zip 26238 (Volga, WV) is very conservative.
Barbour County, WV is very conservative. In Barbour County, WV 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barbour county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.6% to 21.8%.
Barbour county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26238 (Volga, WV) is very conservative.
Volga, West Virginia is very conservative.
Barbour 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.
Volga, 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 26238 (Volga)
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 $60 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)