Point Pleasant, West Virginia is a small town located in the heart of Appalachia on the banks of the Ohio River. Despite its small size, Point Pleasant has an active political presence. The town’s Mayor and City Council are responsible for local governance and oversee city services, such as public safety, infrastructure, and public works. Each community is represented by one member in the state legislature. Additionally, Point Pleasant is a part of the 2nd congressional district in West Virginia, which is currently represented by Alex Mooney in the U.S. House of Representatives. In recent years, there have been several notable initiatives put forth by both local politicians and state representatives to address issues that are important to Point Pleasant residents such as infrastructure improvements and economic development projects. Ultimately, Point Pleasant's active political involvement helps ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Point Pleasant, WV is moderately conservative.
Mason County, WV is very conservative. In Mason County, WV 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.5%.
Mason county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Point Pleasant, WV is moderately conservative.
Mason County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Point Pleasant 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.
Point Pleasant, 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 Point Pleasant, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $9,318 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $32,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)