Politics in Wiley Ford, WV are heavily intertwined with the local history of the area. Since its incorporation in 1872, Wiley Ford has been a staunchly Democratic community, with most of the local political candidates having been Democrats for most of its existence. The town is represented by Delegate Joe Ellington and Senator Craig Blair in the West Virginia House of Delegates and Senate respectively. Both lawmakers have had a long history in Wiley Ford and have worked to ensure that local voices are heard on important issues such as education, healthcare and infrastructure. In addition to these representatives at the state level, Wiley Ford has a Mayor and Town Council who work together to govern their small town and address any local issues that may arise.
The political climate in Wiley Ford, WV is strongly conservative.
Mineral County, WV is very conservative. In Mineral County, WV 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mineral county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.7%.
Mineral county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wiley Ford, WV is strongly conservative.
Mineral County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Cumberland 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.
Wiley Ford, 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 Wiley Ford, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $6,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $4,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $461 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)