Kingwood, West Virginia is a small town located in Preston County. Although the town is relatively small, it still has an active political scene with local representatives from both major parties. The local representatives for Kingwood serve on the Preston County Commission and provide important services to the community. These representatives work hard to make sure that the people of Kingwood have access to the resources they need while also advocating for their rights and interests at a state and national level. In addition to these elected officials, there are several civic organizations and advocacy groups in Kingwood dedicated to protecting citizens’ rights and promoting progress within town limits. This active political culture ensures that Kingwood remains an engaged and vibrant community where residents can voice their opinions and help shape the future of their town.
The political climate in Kingwood, WV is strongly conservative.
Preston County, WV is very conservative. In Preston County, WV 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Preston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.7%.
Preston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kingwood, WV is strongly conservative.
Preston County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Morgantown Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Kingwood, 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 Kingwood, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 246 contributions totaling $68,576 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 650 contributions totaling $291,670 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)