Webster County, WV is located in the Appalachian region of the state. The county seat is Webster Springs, and the county is home to many small towns and rural communities. While there are no local political candidates running in this particular election, the politics within Webster County are dominated by Republican Party interests. The county is largely conservative with a strong focus on traditional values. Citizens of Webster County have been supportive of candidates that share their beliefs and values, such as those focused on protecting gun rights and opposing abortion access. Additionally, the county has an active Tea Party movement that supports smaller government and lower taxes. This movement has also been successful in electing more conservative candidates to office over other liberal or progressive candidates in recent elections.
The political climate in Webster County, WV is very conservative.
In Webster County, WV 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.9%.
Webster county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Webster 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.
Webster, West Virginia: d d 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 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 Webster County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $2,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $3,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)