The small town of Wallback, WV (zip code 25285) has a population of 1,000 residents and is part of Clay County. The politics in this area are primarily focused on local issues, such as education, economic development, and health care. The mayor of Wallback is Bob Elkins, who has been in office since 2012. Wallback also has three city council members: Jeanie Mitchell, Jimmy Groves, and Terry White. All three council members are dedicated to providing the best possible services to their constituents, while keeping taxes low and encouraging economic growth. Wallback is a close-knit community that values their political representatives and works together for the betterment of the town’s citizens.
The political climate in Zip 25285 (Wallback, WV) is very conservative.
Clay County, WV is very conservative. In Clay County, WV 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.0%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25285 (Wallback, WV) is very conservative.
Wallback, West Virginia is very conservative.
Clay 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.
Wallback, 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 25285 (Wallback)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $15 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 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)