Piney View, WV is a small town in the foothills of West Virginia. It is known for its natural beauty and community spirit. The citizens of Piney View take an active role in their local government, electing representatives to represent their interests at the local level. The representatives work hard to ensure that the needs of the community are met and that decisions made by the local government are in the best interest of all residents. They strive to create a safe and thriving environment for everyone in Piney View. In addition, representatives advocate for additional resources from state and federal levels to help improve services and infrastructure in the area. Local politics are important to all residents as it shapes their lives and ensures that their voices are heard in decision making processes.
The political climate in Piney View, WV is strongly conservative.
Raleigh County, WV is very conservative. In Raleigh County, WV 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Raleigh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 24.1%.
Raleigh county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Piney View, WV is strongly conservative.
Raleigh County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Beckley 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.
Piney View, 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 Piney View, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 340 contributions totaling $54,018 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $519,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,757 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)