Montrose, WV is a small rural town located in the Appalachian Mountains. Despite its small size, Montrose has an active and vibrant political scene. The town is mainly served by county-level positions such as County Commissioner, Sheriff, Prosecutor, and Clerk of Courts as well as representatives at the state level. Important local issues are regularly discussed and debated at Town Council meetings which are open to the public. Local elections are highly contested with multiple candidates competing for local office in every election cycle. Montrose residents are passionate about local politics and take pride in their ability to make their voices heard on a variety of political issues that directly affect their lives.
The political climate in Montrose, WV is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, WV is very conservative. In Randolph County, WV 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.6%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montrose, WV is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Elkins 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.
Montrose, 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 Montrose, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $3,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)