Friendly, WV is a small town located in the Appalachian region of West Virginia. Sitting at the foothills of the Appalachians, it is known for its rolling hills and rustic charm. The politics in Friendly, WV are reflective of its rural location. Most political races in town are nonpartisan, with local elections taking a backseat to larger state and national races. Residents take pride in their local politicians, who are more focused on local issues such as infrastructure, education reform, and job creation rather than on partisanship. Political campaigns in Friendly focus on uniting residents around common goals instead of dividing them along party lines.
The political climate in Friendly, WV is strongly conservative.
Tyler County, WV is very conservative. In Tyler County, WV 16.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tyler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.1%.
Tyler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Friendly, WV is strongly conservative.
Tyler 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.
Friendly, 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 Friendly, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $234 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)