Taylor County, WV is a rural county with a population of approximately 17,000 people. The county seat is Grafton and the county consists of five townships and numerous communities. The county is represented in the West Virginia State Legislature by Senator Robert Karnes and Delegate Shawn Fluharty. At the local level, Taylor County has an elected Board of Supervisors that provide oversight for the various government operations within the county. Elections for supervisor positions are held every four years. The board meets regularly to discuss relevant matters such as budgeting, taxation, infrastructure improvements, public safety, health care and other important issues affecting citizens in Taylor County. They also work together with other local governments to ensure that citizens receive necessary services from all levels of government.
The political climate in Taylor County, WV is very conservative.
In Taylor County, WV 24.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taylor county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 24.3%.
Taylor county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taylor 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.
Taylor, 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 Taylor County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $5,418 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $17,220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)