Bluefield, West Virginia is a small town with a population of approximately 5,000 people. It is politically conservative and has voted Republican in all presidential elections since 2000. The local government consists of the mayor and city council, both of whom are elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is David Wilkes, who has served since 2016. He was re-elected in 2020. The city council is comprised of nine members, three from each ward in the city. All nine members were elected in 2018 for four-year terms. Their main focus is on providing essential services to the community such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and economic development within Bluefield and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Bluefield, WV is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, WV is very conservative. In Mercer County, WV 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 22.1%.
Mercer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bluefield, WV is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Bluefield 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.
Bluefield, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Bluefield, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 256 contributions totaling $32,564 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $263,270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $872 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)