The politics in Glen Dale, WV are heavily focused on local issues that directly impact the citizens of the small town. Residents take part in public forums, forums conducted by elected officials, and other types of meetings to voice their opinions about how local government should be run. Local elections also play an important role, as citizens vote for representatives from their districts who will represent them in city council meetings. Glen Dale is a place where people come together to discuss and debate the issues that matter most to them and ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Glen Dale, WV is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, WV is very conservative. In Marshall County, WV 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.1% to 24.5%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glen Dale, WV is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Wheeling Metro Area 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.
Glen Dale, 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 Glen Dale, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $5,122 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $6,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)