The politics of Hurricane, WV are largely shaped by the Republican and Democratic parties. In recent years, Republicans have held the majority of political offices in the city, with candidates such as Joe Manchin, Shelley Moore Capito and Evan Jenkins representing West Virginia in Congress. Locally, Hurricane has a mayor-council form of government, with six members on the City Council—all elected for four-year terms. Mayor Scott Edwards is a Republican and was elected to his fourth term in 2020. As far as social issues go, Hurricane residents tend to lean toward more conservative values, so the candidates that are elected – regardless of party – tend to reflect those values. Additionally, Hurricane has several organizations and initiatives dedicated to improving the lives of local citizens, such as Lighthouse Ministries Hurricane WV which provides food resources and support services for those in need.
The political climate in Hurricane, WV is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, WV is very conservative. In Putnam County, WV 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.6%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hurricane, WV is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Huntington-Ashland 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.
Hurricane, 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 Hurricane, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,338 contributions totaling $300,990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 786 contributions totaling $205,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)