Ripley, West Virginia is a small town with a population of just over 3,000 residents. Despite its small size, Ripley is home to several local political offices, including the mayor and members of the city council. Recent elections have been hotly contested with both sides debating on issues ranging from economic development to public safety. Many of these issues are unique to Ripley and lead to interesting conversations among citizens of the town. The election results often come down to the wire, as each candidate works hard to earn votes in the tight race for office. All candidates strive for positive changes that they believe will benefit their constituents. It's clear that politics in Ripley are always exciting and unpredictable!
The political climate in Ripley, WV is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, WV is very conservative. In Jackson County, WV 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.7%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ripley, WV is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, West Virginia 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.
Ripley, 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 Ripley, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 486 contributions totaling $52,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $8,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)