The town of Terra Alta, WV is a small but vibrant community located in Preston County. Its local politics are an integral part of life in the town and are heavily participated in by its citizens. Locally elected officials strive to create policies and programs that improve the quality of life for all residents. This includes initiatives such as making sure public services, like road maintenance and schools, are up to par; making sure citizens have access to quality healthcare; promoting economic development; and protecting the environment. Every two years, residents elect representatives to serve on the Town Council, who are responsible for creating new laws and holding public hearings on important matters. Furthermore, Terra Alta is also part of Preston County's regional government and offers its own representation at the county level where issues such as budgeting and education policies are discussed regularly.
The political climate in Terra Alta, 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
Terra Alta, 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.
Terra Alta, 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 Terra Alta, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $1,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $13,178 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)