Monongah, WV is a small town located in the northern region of West Virginia. Politically, the town leans conservative and is represented in both the state and federal legislature by Republican candidates. Monongah residents have recently held meetings to discuss important local issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and job training. Local officials have also been focused on improving educational outcomes for students in the district. The town council has also taken an active stance on promoting environmental sustainability initiatives, with a focus on reducing emissions for a cleaner future.
The political climate in Monongah, WV is moderately conservative.
Marion County, WV is strongly conservative. In Marion County, WV 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 34.5%.
Marion county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monongah, WV is moderately conservative.
Marion County, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Fairmont Metro Area is strongly 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.
Monongah, West Virginia: D d d 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 Monongah, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 718 contributions totaling $68,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $155,712 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $552 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)