The town of Camden-on-Gauley is a small rural community in West Virginia, located in Webster County. Politically, the town is part of the Webster County Republican Party and elects officials to represent their interests in local and state government. The most current elected officials for Camden-on-Gauley are Delegate Cindy Frich, Senator Craig Blair, and Sheriff James Smith. All three have been longtime supporters of the community and work hard to promote its interests in state legislation and local initiatives. In addition to these representatives, there are several other locally elected positions that work to ensure government services are delivered efficiently and effectively for the citizens of Camden-on-Gauley. They include: county commissioners, school board members, constables, emergency services personnel, judicial officers, health department staff, public works directors, tax assessors/collectors, county finance officers, veterans' service officers, human resources directors and more. All these elected officials work together to ensure an effective local government that meets the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Camden-on-Gauley, WV is moderately conservative.
Webster County, WV is very conservative. In Webster County, WV 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.9%.
Webster county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Camden-on-Gauley, WV is moderately conservative.
Webster 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.
Camden-on-Gauley, West Virginia: d d d 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 Camden-on-Gauley, 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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)