Nutter Fort, West Virginia is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local government consists of the mayor and five city council members who work together to ensure that the citizens of Nutter Fort have a voice in their government. All five city council members are elected from the local community on an annual basis. The current mayor is John Smith and he has been in office for the past four elections, showing his commitment to the citizens of Nutter Fort. Additionally, there are several different political organizations in Nutter Fort that work to increase civic engagement and promote positive policies within the city. These include local grassroots efforts such as Nutter Townspeople United (NTU), which works to empower citizens through education and advocacy on important issues such as environmental protection and public health policy, as well as larger state-wide organizations like the West Virginia Citizens Action Group (WVCAG) which works to engage WV residents in politics at all levels.
The political climate in Nutter Fort, WV is moderately conservative.
Harrison County, WV is very conservative. In Harrison County, WV 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.2%.
Harrison county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nutter Fort, WV is moderately conservative.
Harrison County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Clarksburg 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.
Nutter Fort, West Virginia: d 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 Nutter Fort, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 226 contributions totaling $34,917 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 136 contributions totaling $46,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)