Bridgeport, West Virginia is a small city located in the northern part of the state. It is governed by a mayor and three-member city council. The current mayor of Bridgeport is Tom Joyce, who was elected in 2019 and is up for re-election in 2021. The city council members are Joe Wright, Maryann Bennett, and Steve White. The city council meets monthly to discuss issues such as infrastructure, public safety, economic development, and quality of life for its citizens. They work together to create laws that benefit all residents and maintain a high quality of living in Bridgeport. Bridgeport also elects representatives to the West Virginia State Legislature, ensuring that their voices are heard at the state level.
The political climate in Bridgeport, WV is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, WV is very conservative. In Harrison County, WV 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.2%.
Harrison county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bridgeport, WV is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Clarksburg 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.
Bridgeport, 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 Bridgeport, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 917 contributions totaling $297,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,122 contributions totaling $550,593 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $491 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)