Hartford City, WV is a small municipality located in the northeastern corner of West Virginia. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and four city council members elected by the citizens of Hartford City. The mayor is responsible for setting policy and promoting community initiatives. The city council members are tasked with managing the day to day operations of Hartford City and making decisions concerning public funds, as well as developing plans that benefit local residents. Recent issues discussed at city council meetings have included improving infrastructure and increasing access to recreation facilities. Additionally, Hartford City has worked to increase job opportunities while promoting a safe environment for its citizens. With the support from local businesses, Hartford City continues to strive for betterment in its community in order to improve the quality of life for all who live there.
The political climate in Hartford City, WV is strongly conservative.
Mason County, WV is very conservative. In Mason County, WV 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.5%.
Mason county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hartford City, WV is strongly conservative.
Mason County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Point Pleasant 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.
Hartford City, 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 Hartford City, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $277 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)