Braxton County, West Virginia is a small rural county located in the Appalachian region of the state. Politically, the county leans heavily Republican with strong conservative values. Local elections are held every two years and typically feature many Republican candidates. The current representatives from Braxton County include Senator Craig Blair, Delegate Robert Karnes, and Representative Carol Miller. They work together to ensure that the county remains politically conservative and uphold its traditional values. The people of Braxton County take pride in their ability to engage in local politics and voice their opinions on issues that affect them directly.
The political climate in Braxton County, WV is very conservative.
In Braxton County, WV 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Braxton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.7% to 25.7%.
Braxton county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Braxton 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.
Braxton, 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 Braxton County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $1,302 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $20,597 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)