Cassville, West Virginia is a small town with a population of approximately 2,500 people. The local political scene in Cassville revolves around the mayor and city council, who are elected every four years by the citizens of the town. The mayor is responsible for setting the vision for the town and directing its progress towards that goal while the city council is tasked with making sure that this vision is implemented. They work together to ensure that all necessary services are provided to the residents of Cassville and that it remains an overall safe place to live. As part of this duty, they make decisions regarding budgets, taxes, land use, and other local matters affecting the town's citizens. In addition to these duties, they also form relationships with other local governments and institutions to have a better understanding of their needs and concerns so as to effectively serve their constituents.
The political climate in Cassville, WV is somewhat conservative.
Monongalia County, WV is leaning conservative. In Monongalia County, WV 48.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monongalia county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.2%.
Monongalia county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cassville, WV is somewhat conservative.
Monongalia County, West Virginia is leaning 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.
Cassville, West Virginia: r r 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 Cassville, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,394 contributions totaling $96,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 312 contributions totaling $140,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)