Valley Grove, WV is a small town just outside of Charleston that is full of hard working and proud citizens. In terms of politics, the town is strongly rooted in traditional values, and most of its residents tend to identify as conservative. Valley Grove has several representatives in local government, including a County Commissioner, Magistrate and Delegate who all strive to ensure the best interest of their constituents are taken into account. The town also has two representatives in the state legislature for West Virginia: Senator James Smith and Delegate Tom Jones. Both individuals have worked tirelessly to bring their community’s concerns to the state level and ensure that all voices are heard. Additionally, there is an active City Council which meets regularly to discuss issues affecting Valley Grove such as budgeting decisions, new legislation, infrastructure improvements and more. This year’s elections will be important for the future of Valley Grove as its citizens decide who should represent them at the local level in order to secure a brighter future for their town.
The political climate in Valley Grove, WV is moderately conservative.
Ohio County, WV is strongly conservative. In Ohio County, WV 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ohio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 36.3%.
Ohio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valley Grove, WV is moderately conservative.
Ohio County, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Wheeling 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.
Valley Grove, 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 Valley Grove, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $13,888 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $31,584 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)