Pocahontas County, West Virginia is a rural county located in the Allegheny Mountains. It has a small population of about 8,000 people and is largely agricultural. The county is governed by a three-member Board of Commissioners, who are elected at-large for four-year terms. The county government follows the traditional model of three branches: the executive branch which is headed by the County Commission President, the legislative branch which consists of the County Commission and its committees, and the judicial branch which includes the circuit court and appointed magistrates. In addition to these branches, there are various boards and commissions that serve specific purposes such as education, public safety, health and welfare, etc. The county also holds elections to elect local political candidates for positions such as mayor or Town Council member. These political candidates represent their constituents in Pocahontas County with respect to issues affecting their area such as infrastructure improvement projects or local ordinances.
The political climate in Pocahontas County, WV is very conservative.
In Pocahontas County, WV 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pocahontas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.1%.
Pocahontas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pocahontas County, WV is very conservative.
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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.
Pocahontas, 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 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 Pocahontas County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 556 contributions totaling $49,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $36,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $840 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)