Prichard, West Virginia is a small community located in McDowell County. It is a quiet, rural town, with few local political candidates vying for office. Despite its small population size and lack of candidates, Prichard still values the importance of politics in the local community. In recent years, residents have become more engaged with politics by attending local events and speaking out on important issues that affect their lives. Local organizations such as the Prichard City Council are devoted to representing the needs of the community at-large. Residents also regularly volunteer and vote in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard. Politics play an important role in Prichard’s future, and residents remain committed to making sure their needs are met through democratic processes.
The political climate in Prichard, WV is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, WV is very conservative. In Wayne County, WV 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.1%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prichard, WV is strongly conservative.
Wayne 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.
Prichard, 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 Prichard, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $7,814 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)