Tyler County, WV is home to a vibrant political system that has been in place for many years. There are a wide range of local and state level politicians who are dedicated to representing the interests of the people in Tyler County. At a local level, elected officials include the county commissioners, who oversee county government operations, as well as the circuit court clerk, sheriff, prosecuting attorney and other county department heads. On a state level, Tyler County's representatives in the West Virginia House of Delegates and Senate serve to ensure that state laws are implemented locally. Each individual candidate works diligently to promote their own views on issues such as economic development, public safety, education and other important topics that affect the people of Tyler County. All candidates spend much time campaigning for office to ensure their election by voters in Tyler County.
The political climate in Tyler County, WV is very conservative.
In Tyler County, WV 16.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tyler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.1%.
Tyler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tyler County, WV 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.
Tyler, 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 Tyler County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 296 contributions totaling $4,896 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $13,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)