Hedgesville, West Virginia is a small rural town located in the Eastern Panhandle region of the state. Although its population is relatively small, the town’s citizens are actively involved in local politics. Residents of Hedgesville are passionate about their local government and take pride in their elected officials. They regularly attend public meetings to stay up-to-date on policy changes and decisions and voice their opinions and concerns to their representatives. The town also regularly hosts debates between local candidates, providing a platform for the community to learn more about each individual and their stances on issues that matter most to them. Through these events, Hedgesville’s citizens can be knowledgeable participants in the political process that directly affects them.
The political climate in Hedgesville, WV is strongly conservative.
Berkeley County, WV is strongly conservative. In Berkeley County, WV 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkeley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 33.3%.
Berkeley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hedgesville, WV is strongly conservative.
Berkeley County, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Hagerstown-Martinsburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Hedgesville, 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 Hedgesville, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 700 contributions totaling $77,618 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 280 contributions totaling $38,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)