Berkeley Springs, West Virginia is a small town located in the eastern part of the state. With a population of just over 600 people, it is a tight-knit community that values tradition and local control. Located about an hour away from the state capital of Charleston, Berkeley Springs has its own mayor and city council. The mayor and council members are elected by the citizens in order to represent their interests and concerns. As such, these local politicians focus on issues that directly affect residents of Berkeley Springs, including infrastructure improvements, economic development, and providing services for its citizens. The local government works hard to ensure that all citizens have access to quality healthcare and education opportunities, as well as creating initiatives to help spur job growth and support small businesses in the area.
The political climate in Zip 25411 (Berkeley Springs, WV) is very conservative.
Morgan County, WV is very conservative. In Morgan County, WV 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.0%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25411 (Berkeley Springs, WV) is very conservative.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia is very conservative.
Morgan 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.
Berkeley Springs, 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 25411 (Berkeley Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 332 contributions totaling $23,203 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $22,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)