Sumerco, WV is a small town nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Despite its rural, remote location, Sumerco takes an active role in local politics. The town holds regular elections for mayor and town council positions to ensure that their voices are heard in local government. The citizens of Sumerco are proud of their community and take great care to select leaders who will represent them and their values. Political candidates must be knowledgeable on the needs of the people in order to gain support from the locals. In recent years, major topics include infrastructure development, environmental protection, economic security, and educational opportunities. As such, candidates campaigning in Sumerco must be willing to make promises that prioritize these issues and seek solutions beneficial to all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 25567 (Sumerco, WV) is very conservative.
Lincoln County, WV is very conservative. In Lincoln County, WV 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.8%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25567 (Sumerco, WV) is very conservative.
Sumerco, West Virginia is very conservative.
Lincoln County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Huntington-Ashland 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.
Sumerco, West Virginia: d 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 25567 (Sumerco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $2,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $318 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)