Parsons, WV is a small town located in Tucker County with a population of about 1,500 people. The local politics in Parsons are quite engaging and involve many passionate residents from the area. In recent years, the city council has been focused on introducing policies that prioritize the well-being of their citizens and their environment. One example of this is their commitment to reduce energy consumption by introducing solar panels throughout the city. Recently, two candidates have emerged to represent Parsons citizens in local politics; Sarah Smith and Joe Johnson. Both candidates have different approaches to achieving the goals of their constituents but share similar core values when it comes to addressing environmental challenges facing Parsons and its community members. It will be interesting to see how their respective visions for the future of Parsons will shape the town's political landscape moving forward.
The political climate in Parsons, WV is strongly conservative.
Tucker County, WV is very conservative. In Tucker County, WV 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tucker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.4%.
Tucker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parsons, WV is strongly conservative.
Tucker County, West Virginia 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.
Parsons, 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 Parsons, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)