Matewan, WV Voting


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United States / West Virginia / No Metro Area / Mingo County / Matewan / Zip Codes
Matewan, WV is a small town located in Mingo County in the state of West Virginia. The town has a long and storied history, with its roots in coal mining and labor activism. Today, politics in Matewan are still heavily shaped by the legacy of the labor movement that shaped the town's development. Local decisions are made by a mayor and city council, who have the authority to set policy for the community. While Matewan does not have any local political candidates, its citizens remain active and engaged in their local government through participation in public meetings and voting on ballot initiatives. The people of Matewan understand the importance of their local government in determining how their community will look in the future.

The political climate in Matewan, WV is strongly conservative.

Mingo County, WV is very conservative. In Mingo County, WV 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Mingo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.9%.
Mingo county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Matewan, WV is strongly conservative.


Mingo 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.

Matewan, West Virginia: D D 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 Matewan, WV

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $6,504 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $3,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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