The politics of 26865 Yellow Spring, WV, are reflective of the rural Appalachian community in which it is situated. This small town is part of Hampshire County and has a population of just over 3,000 people. While there may not be local political candidates running for office in the area, the residents of 26865 Yellow Spring still have a voice in state and federal politics. The currently elected congressman for West Virginia鈥檚 2nd Congressional District is Alex Mooney, a Republican who was elected to Congress in 2014. The county seat of Hampshire County is Romney, where the county government decides many issues that affect 26865 Yellow Spring and its citizens. Overall, 26865 Yellow Spring shows allegiance to both state and federal politics while maintaining its local autonomy as a small rural town in West Virginia.
The political climate in Zip 26865 (Yellow Spring, WV) is very conservative.
Hampshire County, WV is very conservative. In Hampshire County, WV 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.2%.
Hampshire county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26865 (Yellow Spring, WV) is very conservative.
Yellow Spring, West Virginia is very conservative.
Hampshire County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Winchester Metro Area is strongly 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.
Yellow Spring, 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 26865 (Yellow Spring)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)