Middlebourne, West Virginia is a small town located in Tyler County. Although the population is relatively small, the politics of Middlebourne are incredibly important to its residents. The community comes together to discuss issues and debate candidates for local offices. Every two years, the people of Middlebourne elect new county commissioners, school board members, and representatives to the State Legislature. Even though there is no major political party presence in the area, voting for particular candidates is still taken seriously as people strive to make sure their voice is heard in their local government. There are many civic organizations dedicated towards promoting healthy dialogue and education about local issues. Everyone in Middlebourne takes pride in participating in the democratic process and takes great care when deciding who will be representing them on all levels of government.
The political climate in Middlebourne, WV is strongly conservative.
Tyler County, WV is very conservative. In Tyler County, WV 16.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tyler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.1%.
Tyler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Middlebourne, WV is strongly conservative.
Tyler 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.
Middlebourne, 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 Middlebourne, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $12 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $1,656 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)