Reedsville, WV is a small town located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. The town, known for its friendly atmosphere and charming countryside, is home to just over 500 residents. Politically, Reedsville has a strong voice in elections both locally and statewide. During election season, local candidates are eager to speak to the citizens about their platforms and goals for Reedsville. Though candidates do not come from the town itself, many rely on the support of the local population to win their races. Candidates often spend time meeting with residents in order to gain insight into what matters most to them and how they wish for their hometown to be represented by elected officials. As a result, political debates often occur between candidates vying for public office and Reedsville residents that take an interest in pragmatic solutions for their community's future.
The political climate in Reedsville, 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
Reedsville, 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.
Reedsville, 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 Reedsville, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $5,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)