Brooke County, West Virginia is a rural county located in the northern panhandle of the state. It has a population of just over 22,000 people and covers an area of approximately 140 square miles. Politically, Brooke County has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold, with most local elections won by Democrats. However, in recent years the Republican Party has been gaining ground in the county as well. In 2020, Brooke County residents will be voting for candidates from both major parties to represent them in various offices at the county and state level. Local issues such as infrastructure improvements and economic development are likely to be at the forefront of many voters' minds when they go to cast their ballots this November.
The political climate in Brooke County, WV is very conservative.
In Brooke County, WV 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brooke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.7%.
Brooke county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brooke County, WV is very conservative.
Weirton-Steubenville 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.
Brooke, West Virginia: d d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Brooke County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $13,009 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $15,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)