Randolph County, West Virginia is a rural county located in the northeast corner of the state. It has a population of over 20,000 people and is governed by a three-member Board of Commissioners. The county is home to several small towns and cities, including Elkins, Beverly, and Harman. The current members of the Board are Joe Reynolds, Amanda Hamilton, and Michael Mitton. Local political issues include education funding, economic development projects, and public safety initiatives. There are also ongoing efforts to clean up abandoned mining sites and restore areas affected by flooding or other natural disasters. Randolph County residents participate in local elections for the Board of Commissioners as well as for other offices such as Sheriff and Clerk of Court. Voters have the chance to select candidates who they feel will best represent their interests on topics such as taxes, health care access, and infrastructure investments.
The political climate in Randolph County, WV is very conservative.
In Randolph County, WV 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.6%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Randolph County, WV is very conservative.
Elkins 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.
Randolph, 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 Randolph County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 710 contributions totaling $56,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 216 contributions totaling $38,682 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)