Troy, West Virginia, located in Mingo County, is a small town with a population of only 1,123 people. Despite its small size, the politics of this area remain important to its residents. Although there are no specific names of political candidates in Troy, WV given due to current laws around campaign finance and promotion, there are still multiple local elections that take place each year. These elections include positions such as sheriff, magistrate judge, county commissioners, assessor and many more. The people of Troy put value in their government officials and support them through voting and other means. Participation in local politics is important for the success of the community and its citizens understand just how important it is to stay informed on current issues affecting the town.
The political climate in Zip 26443 (Troy, WV) is very conservative.
Gilmer County, WV is very conservative. In Gilmer County, WV 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilmer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 22.5%.
Gilmer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26443 (Troy, WV) is very conservative.
Troy, West Virginia is very conservative.
Gilmer 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.
Troy, 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 26443 (Troy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 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)