Shrewsbury, WV is a small town located in Hampshire County with a population of around 800 people. The city has been presided over by the same mayor, Steve Cook, since 2019. Mayor Cook and the City Council strive to maintain the local government’s commitment to providing clean water and reliable infrastructure for its citizens. Additionally, Shrewsbury strives to support local businesses and maintain a low tax rate. In terms of politics, the town leans conservatively but is largely nonpartisan and welcomes people of all political persuasions. Overall, Shrewsbury has a strong sense of community and values the importance of its citizens’ opinions on politics within their city limits.
The political climate in Shrewsbury, WV is moderately conservative.
Kanawha County, WV is somewhat conservative. In Kanawha County, WV 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kanawha county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 41.8%.
Kanawha county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shrewsbury, WV is moderately conservative.
Kanawha County, West Virginia is somewhat conservative.
Charleston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Shrewsbury, West Virginia: d 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 Shrewsbury, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $11,233 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $535 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)