Benwood, West Virginia is a small town located in the northern panhandle of the state. It is known for its quaint atmosphere and proximity to nearby cities like Wheeling and Moundsville. Despite its small size, Benwood has an active political scene with local candidates running for various offices on both the county and state levels. Their campaigns often focus on issues that are important to the community such as improving infrastructure, creating jobs, and providing safe public services. The citizens of Benwood take their civic duty seriously and turn out in large numbers when it comes time to vote at elections. This ensures that their voices are heard and their needs are taken into account by local politicians.
The political climate in Benwood, WV is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, WV is very conservative. In Marshall County, WV 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.1% to 24.5%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benwood, WV is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Wheeling 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.
Benwood, 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 Benwood, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $95,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,743 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)