Junior, WV is a small rural town in West Virginia. While the population may be small, the politics of Junior are anything but. The local elections are always hotly contested, with passionate voters turning out to make their voices heard. Candidates must work hard to earn the trust and support of both longtime residents and newcomers alike in order to be successful. There is a strong sense of community in Junior, and whoever is elected will have to work hard to ensure that they properly represent the needs and interests of all people who live in the area.
The political climate in Junior, WV is strongly conservative.
Barbour County, WV is very conservative. In Barbour County, WV 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barbour county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.6% to 21.8%.
Barbour county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Junior, WV is strongly conservative.
Barbour 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.
Junior, 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 Junior, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $307 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $2,716 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)