Cheat Lake, WV is a small community located in Monongalia County. The local politics in Cheat Lake are largely influenced by the county-wide elections that take place every two years. These elections typically include positions such as County Commission, Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney, and Assessor. Local residents of Cheat Lake have a direct impact on these positions and can help shape the future of their community by participating in local politics and voting for candidates they believe in. Participating in local politics gives Cheat Lake residents a voice and an opportunity to make their opinions heard which can ultimately lead to more effective solutions to improve their community.
The political climate in Cheat Lake, WV is somewhat conservative.
Monongalia County, WV is leaning conservative. In Monongalia County, WV 48.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monongalia county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.2%.
Monongalia county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cheat Lake, WV is somewhat conservative.
Monongalia County, West Virginia is leaning conservative.
Morgantown Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Cheat Lake, West Virginia: r r 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 Cheat Lake, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,556 contributions totaling $227,774 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 524 contributions totaling $512,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $978 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)