Sylvester, WV is a small town located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Politically, the town is divided along traditional party lines with most citizens identifying as Republican or Democrat. The local government consists of an elected mayor and five city council members who are responsible for decision making on matters such as budgeting, infrastructure, and public services. There are no local political candidates running in Sylvester as of this moment; however, the residents often actively participate in nearby state and national elections by voting and campaigning for their chosen candidate.
The political climate in Sylvester, WV is strongly conservative.
Boone County, WV is very conservative. In Boone County, WV 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 22.6%.
Boone county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sylvester, WV is strongly conservative.
Boone County, West Virginia is very 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.
Sylvester, West Virginia: D D D 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 Sylvester, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)