Williamson, WV is located in Mingo County and is part of the Williamson Micropolitan Statistical Area. It has a rich history of coal mining and is home to many small businesses and families. The politics in 25661 Williamson, WV are largely focused on issues that affect the local population. This includes education, job creation, environmental protection, infrastructure development, and public safety. Local leaders strive to ensure that their citizens have access to quality resources such as good schools and safe streets while also advocating for economic growth. They are also committed to protecting the interests of the local businesses and residents while working with state and federal government leaders on policies that can benefit the entire area.
The political climate in Zip 25661 (Williamson, WV) is strongly 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 25661 (Williamson, WV) is strongly conservative.
Williamson, West Virginia is strongly 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.
Williamson, 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 25661 (Williamson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $6,514 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)