Logan County, West Virginia is located in the southeast corner of the state and is part of the Appalachian Mountains region. The county has a population of 36,000 and is home to several small towns and communities. Politically, Logan County leans heavily Republican as Republicans have held the majority of elected offices since 2010. The current county commissioners are all Republican and the sheriff is also a Republican. In addition to local elections, citizens of Logan County can register to vote for national and state elections and take part in the political process that affects them each year. Knowing their local representatives, understanding how their votes are counted and participating in primaries and general elections are just some of the ways Logan County residents make their voices heard on important issues facing our nation today.
The political climate in Logan County, WV is very conservative.
In Logan County, WV 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.9%.
Logan county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Logan 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.
Logan, West Virginia: D d 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 Logan County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 177 contributions totaling $23,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $45,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)