The small town of 26205 Craigsville, WV is a part of the larger Summers County. The county itself is represented at the state level by Senator Craig Blair and Delegate William Hartman, both of whom are Republicans. Elections for local representatives take place every two years and cover everything from school boards to mayor. Local elections in 26205 Craigsville involve candidates from all political parties, although most typically lean toward Republican or Democratic platforms. When voting in local elections, it's important to research all candidates carefully to make sure that you cast your vote with what is best for the community in mind.
The political climate in Zip 26205 (Craigsville, WV) is very conservative.
Nicholas County, WV is very conservative. In Nicholas County, WV 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nicholas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.9%.
Nicholas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26205 (Craigsville, WV) is very conservative.
Craigsville, West Virginia is very conservative.
Nicholas 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.
Craigsville, 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 26205 (Craigsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)