Harrison County, West Virginia is a beautiful place to live and visit. Politically, the county leans conservative in its values and voting patterns. Since 2000, Harrison County has voted for Republican candidates in all presidential elections and continues to be a strong stronghold of the GOP in West Virginia. The current state Senator representing the county is Ryan Weld, who was elected to office in 2014. At the local level, Republicans make up the majority of officials including the County Commission President Ron Watson and Commissioner Jeff Davis, as well as Harrison County Sheriff Robert Matheny and Prosecuting Attorney Joe Shaffer. Residents of Harrison County are passionate about their beliefs and take pride in their strong representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in Harrison County, WV is very conservative.
In Harrison County, WV 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.2%.
Harrison county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrison County, WV is very conservative.
Clarksburg 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.
Harrison, 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 Harrison County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 547 contributions totaling $134,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 631 contributions totaling $249,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)