The small town of Buffalo, WV (population 25033) is situated in Putnam County and is an integral part of the state's politics. The town is represented by several local political candidates who run for office every election season. These candidates come from both major parties and serve the community by running for offices such as mayor, county commissioner, school board member, or city council member. Each candidate brings a different perspective to the debate on local issues, ensuring that all sides to any disagreement are heard. Residents of Buffalo take pride in their hometown and take an active interest in their local government鈥檚 decisions. They participate in elections by voting for the candidate they believe will do what is best for Buffalo and its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 25033 (Buffalo, WV) is very conservative.
Putnam County, WV is very conservative. In Putnam County, WV 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.6%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25033 (Buffalo, WV) is very conservative.
Buffalo, West Virginia is very conservative.
Putnam County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Huntington-Ashland 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.
Buffalo, 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 25033 (Buffalo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,183 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)