The small town of 26296 Whitmer, WV is situated in the Appalachian Mountains and has a population of just over 300 people. The local government is comprised of three main branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch is responsible for enforcing laws, budgeting money and managing the overall day-to-day operations of the town. The legislative branch is composed of five town council members who are elected by the residents to make decisions on budgetary matters such as taxation and spending. The judicial branch includes the mayor’s office which serves as a court of law to ensure that all laws are obeyed within the town's limits. Local political decisions are made by these branches depending on what best serves the needs of Whitmer's residents. Currently there are no candidates running for office in this politically quiet town; however, elections do take place every two years in order to choose new representatives for each branch of local government.
The political climate in Zip 26296 (Whitmer, WV) is very conservative.
Randolph County, WV is very conservative. In Randolph County, WV 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.6%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26296 (Whitmer, WV) is very conservative.
Whitmer, West Virginia is very conservative.
Randolph County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Elkins 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.
Whitmer, 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 26296 (Whitmer)
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)