Wellsburg, West Virginia is a small town located in Brooke County. Politically, the town is divided among many different views and opinions. Most of the people in Wellsburg are registered Republicans, but there is a sizable chunk of Democrats as well. Local politics mainly focus on issues such as taxes, education, and public safety. Residents have several opportunities to become involved in local politics through voting for their representatives in mayoral and county council elections each year, attending city council meetings to discuss issues of importance to the community, and volunteering their time with local political organizations. As a result, residents feel they have some control over their local government and can make a positive difference in their town.
The political climate in Wellsburg, WV is moderately conservative.
Brooke County, WV is very conservative. In Brooke County, WV 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brooke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.7%.
Brooke county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wellsburg, WV is moderately conservative.
Brooke County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Weirton-Steubenville 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.
Wellsburg, West Virginia: d d 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 Wellsburg, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $7,995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $13,701 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)