Bath (Berkeley Springs), West Virginia has a rich political history in the state. Located in Morgan County, the city is home to a variety of government and politics-based activities and organizations. It is part of the West Virginia House of Delegates, which is responsible for making laws that affect the state. The local government consists of a mayor and city council members who are elected every four years. There are also several committees, boards, and commissions that work together to make decisions about public policy within the city. Additionally, there are many local clubs and organizations dedicated to discussing topics such as civil rights, environmental protection, education reform, and economic development. These groups often hold events and rallies throughout Bath (Berkeley Springs) to get their message out. With a wide range of options to get involved in politics, Bath (Berkeley Springs) encourages its citizens to be active in their community.
The political climate in Bath (Berkeley Springs), WV is moderately 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
Bath (Berkeley Springs), WV is moderately conservative.
Morgan County, West Virginia 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.
Bath (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 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 Bath (Berkeley Springs), WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 664 contributions totaling $46,406 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $45,028 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)