Brenton, WV is a small isolated town located in the Appalachian Mountains. As such, the community lacks a lot of the political representation that other areas receive. The citizens have to take matters into their own hands and rely on grassroots activism and civic engagement to ensure they are making their voices heard. Most of this occurs through local organizations and advocacy groups that organize events, write letters, hold rallies, and other actions to bring attention to local issues. It's not always easy for those living in Brenton due to its rural location but the citizens continue to fight for better representation in local government and policy-making processes.
The political climate in Brenton, WV is strongly conservative.
Wyoming County, WV is very conservative. In Wyoming County, WV 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 13.5%.
Wyoming county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brenton, WV is strongly conservative.
Wyoming 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.
Brenton, West Virginia: D 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 Brenton, WV
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 3 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)