Wyoming County, West Virginia is a rural county located in the Appalachian region of the state. It is home to just over 21,000 people and covers an area of 430 square miles. Politically, Wyoming County leans slightly to the right when it comes to voting records. The county has elected Republicans to several local offices in recent years, including the Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Prosecuting Attorney and Superintendent of Schools. At the state level, Wyoming County citizens have voted for both Republican and Democratic candidates depending on the race. Recent issues that have been important to voters in Wyoming County include education funding, infrastructure investment and healthcare access.
The political climate in Wyoming County, WV is very conservative.
In Wyoming County, WV 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 13.5%.
Wyoming county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wyoming 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.
Wyoming, West Virginia: D 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 Wyoming County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $1,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $8,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)