Apple Grove, WV is a small town located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. In Apple Grove, the local politics are largely rooted in conservative values and family ties. The town is represented by mostly Republican members of the state legislature. Though the town only holds a population of about 500 people, they are passionate about their civic engagement and take pride in who they elect to represent them in government. They also value the importance of maintaining close personal relationships with their representatives which helps ensure that their voices and interests are being heard.
The political climate in Zip 25502 (Apple Grove, WV) is very conservative.
Mason County, WV is very conservative. In Mason County, WV 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.5%.
Mason county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25502 (Apple Grove, WV) is very conservative.
Apple Grove, West Virginia is very conservative.
Mason County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Point Pleasant 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.
Apple Grove, 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 25502 (Apple Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)