The small town of Burnsville, West Virginia is home to a close-knit community of hardworking locals. Despite its humble size, Burnsville takes pride in having a vibrant local political atmosphere. The town is part of the 26335 zip code and represents two congressional districts in the US House of Representatives. Consequently, much energy is devoted to electing local representatives who have the best interests of the community at heart. Every election cycle sees an influx of passionate candidates who are eager to make their cases before the voters. In addition, there are many civic groups that meet regularly to discuss current events and engage in local political discourse. Whatever your party affiliation or political beliefs may be, Burnsville offers plenty of opportunities for engagement with politics both on a national and local level.
The political climate in Zip 26335 (Burnsville, WV) is very conservative.
Braxton County, WV is very conservative. In Braxton County, WV 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Braxton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.7% to 25.7%.
Braxton county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26335 (Burnsville, WV) is very conservative.
Burnsville, West Virginia is very conservative.
Braxton 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.
Burnsville, West Virginia: d d d 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 26335 (Burnsville)
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 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)