Lewis County is located in West Virginia and is home to nearly 15,000 residents. Politics in the county are largely focused on the local level, with a wide array of political candidates running for office in hopes of representing their constituents’ interests. Candidates primarily run on platforms addressing topics such as economic development, education, public safety and infrastructure. Lewis County has been an increasingly important part of West Virginia politics over the past few years, with legislators from all across the state paying attention to its progress and challenges within the county. Local campaigns often bring out a diverse range of perspectives from candidates who are passionate about improving their community and making it a better place for everyone.
The political climate in Lewis County, WV is very conservative.
In Lewis County, WV 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 20.6%.
Lewis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lewis 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.
Lewis, 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 Lewis County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 234 contributions totaling $21,146 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 217 contributions totaling $17,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)