Richwood, West Virginia is a small town located in Nicholas County. It is known as the “Gateway to the Monongahela National Forest” and is full of natural beauty. Politically, the town is largely conservative and makes up part of the 11th Congressional District, which has been represented by Republican Congressperson Carol Miller since 2019. Richwood has traditionally voted Republican in recent presidential elections. As for other local political offices, many of them are held by Republicans from Nicholas County, such as Commissioner for the Board of Education Steve Rosenberger and Sheriff William D. Fuchs II. In addition, both state representatives for District 18 are also Republicans. With its largely conservative leaning, Richwood and its residents continue to play an important role in setting the political agenda for Nicholas County.
The political climate in Richwood, WV is moderately conservative.
Nicholas County, WV is very conservative. In Nicholas County, WV 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nicholas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.9%.
Nicholas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richwood, WV is moderately conservative.
Nicholas 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.
Richwood, 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 Richwood, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $1,005 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)