Cass is a small town in West Virginia with a tight-knit community and strong local pride. Despite its small size, Cass has an active political landscape that influences the day-to-day lives of its residents. Local elections are often fiercely contested, as candidates from both parties vie for the support of the community and strive to make positive changes in the area. The main issues discussed in these elections tend to revolve around topics such as infrastructure, education, economics, and quality of life. Every year, these debates take place between candidates who have deep roots within the area and understand what it means to be part of this unique community. For Cass residents, voting in local elections is an important way to ensure their voices are heard and to help shape a brighter future for their town.
The political climate in Cass, WV is strongly conservative.
Pocahontas County, WV is very conservative. In Pocahontas County, WV 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pocahontas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.1%.
Pocahontas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cass, WV is strongly conservative.
Pocahontas 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.
Cass, 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 Cass, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $271 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)