Shady Spring, West Virginia is a small rural community characterized by its close-knit community and strong sense of local pride. Together, the people of Shady Spring strive to uphold their town's values and traditions while also embracing change. Politically, the town leans towards a more conservative viewpoint and generally favors conservative ideals such as lower taxes, limited government regulation, and more personal freedom. In terms of representation in local government, there are no officially elected political candidates in Shady Spring, as all decisions are made by the Town Council on behalf of the citizens. This allows the residents to remain actively involved in making decisions that affect their lives without having to rely on any outside voices for representation. The Town Council is made up of a diverse group of people who seek to represent the interests and values of all citizens equally. As such, the residents of Shady Spring are proud to enjoy a form of local politics that puts them first and ensures that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Shady Spring, 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
Shady Spring, 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.
Shady Spring, 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 Shady Spring, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $14,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $83,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $530 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)