Sand Fork, West Virginia is a small town situated in the Appalachian Mountains. Despite its size, the politics of Sand Fork are as lively as those of any other city or town. The local political scene is dominated by two main parties: the Democratic and Republican parties. Every year residents of Sand Fork head to the polls to cast their votes for candidates representing these two major parties. These candidates typically come from either local or state offices, and often have strong roots within the community. Civic engagement is an important part of life in Sand Fork, and citizens take great pride in participating in local political processes. In addition to voting for local representatives in various positions, residents of Sand Fork also have the opportunity to participate in primary elections and help shape the political landscape of their city.
The political climate in Sand Fork, WV is strongly conservative.
Gilmer County, WV is very conservative. In Gilmer County, WV 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilmer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 22.5%.
Gilmer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sand Fork, WV is strongly conservative.
Gilmer 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.
Sand Fork, 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 Sand Fork, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,196 contributions totaling $37,378 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $5,848 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)