Fort Ashby, WV is a small town located in Mineral County with a strong sense of community and involvement in local politics. Despite its size, the town has had a long history of politically active residents who are passionate about their civic duties. Every year, local elections for mayor and city council take place where candidates from both Democratic and Republican parties run for office. During these elections, citizens of Fort Ashby have the opportunity to engage with their local political representatives and express their views on important issues impacting the town. Residents also participate in voter registration drives and volunteer for campaigns to ensure that all eligible citizens can vote in the upcoming elections. Through their hard work and dedication, Fort Ashby's leaders have been able to bring new ideas to the table and make improvements to their beloved hometown.
The political climate in Fort Ashby, WV is strongly conservative.
Mineral County, WV is very conservative. In Mineral County, WV 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mineral county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.7%.
Mineral county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Ashby, WV is strongly conservative.
Mineral County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Cumberland 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.
Fort Ashby, 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 Fort Ashby, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $1,648 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)