Sistersville, West Virginia is located in Tyler County and has a vibrant political atmosphere. The city has a mayor-council form of government and residents are actively involved in local decision-making processes. The current mayor is John Shorts who was elected in 2017 and his term ends in 2020. He is supported by four council members: Adam Andrews, Kayleigh Price, Sam Harless, and Joe Anderson, who were all elected in 2018. Each year the city hosts an election for both the mayor and council to ensure that their representatives properly reflect the opinions of the people living within Sistersville. Additionally, local committees often work together to ensure that important issues are addressed throughout the city. These committees come together to discuss various topics such as economic development, public safety, education, infrastructure improvements, and environmental preservation. It’s clear that the people of Sistersville take pride in their community and are committed to making it a great place to live for everyone.
The political climate in Sistersville, WV is strongly conservative.
Tyler County, WV is very conservative. In Tyler County, WV 16.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tyler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.1%.
Tyler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sistersville, WV is strongly conservative.
Tyler 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.
Sistersville, 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 Sistersville, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 289 contributions totaling $4,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $8,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)