Davis, WV is a small town with a population of around 583 people. It is located in Tucker County and has been part of the state since 1856. Davis has a long history of being politically active. Through the decades, the citizens of Davis have played a major role in the political landscape of West Virginia. The town has elected multiple mayors that have represented their interests in state government. Recently, they had an election for mayor that was won by incumbent Mayor Jerry Jenkins. He had been serving since 2012 and was re-elected in 2018 with a large majority of the votes from his constituents. Additionally, many local residents are actively engaged in grassroots campaigns to bring attention to issues important to them such as public health and safety, economic development, environmental protection, and education reform. It is clear that Davis is invested in politics and its citizens strive to make sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Davis, WV is strongly conservative.
Tucker County, WV is very conservative. In Tucker County, WV 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tucker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.4%.
Tucker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Davis, WV is strongly conservative.
Tucker 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.
Davis, 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 Davis, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $9,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)