Falling Spring, WV is a small town located in the heart of Appalachia. It has a rich history of political activism, with many citizens taking part in local and national elections. The people of Falling Spring are passionate about their political opinions, and take great pride in voting for candidates they feel will have a positive impact on their community. Local elections are often highly contested and hotly debated amongst the town’s population. Candidates from both major parties regularly hold events to discuss their platforms and engage with the community. With an engaged population that takes politics seriously, Falling Spring ensures that its citizens’ voices are heard on the local level.
The political climate in Falling Spring, WV is strongly conservative.
Greenbrier County, WV is very conservative. In Greenbrier County, WV 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenbrier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.4%.
Greenbrier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Falling Spring, WV is strongly conservative.
Greenbrier 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.
Falling Spring, 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 Falling Spring, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $4,017 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $4,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)