The small town of Cedar Grove, WV is known for its close-knit community and peaceful atmosphere. Despite its reputation as a quiet settlement, Cedar Grove is still very involved in politics on the local and state level. During election season, citizens are encouraged to participate in debates and other educational opportunities to learn more about current issues facing their community. Additionally, residents are often active in voting and voicing their opinions on important local issues like taxes, infrastructure improvements, and government funding. The Cedar Grove Town Hall is home to the Mayor's Office, which serves as a hub for meetings with representatives from all around the county. Residents are encouraged to attend these meetings to get up-to-date information about what’s happening with their local politicians and officials. Ultimately, Cedar Grove is a proud community that takes its civic duties seriously despite being a smaller community.
The political climate in Cedar Grove, WV is moderately conservative.
Kanawha County, WV is somewhat conservative. In Kanawha County, WV 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kanawha county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 41.8%.
Kanawha county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedar Grove, WV is moderately conservative.
Kanawha County, West Virginia is somewhat 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.
Cedar Grove, 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 Cedar Grove, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $11,233 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $535 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)