Upshur County, West Virginia is a rural county located in the north-central region of West Virginia. The county seat of Upshur is Buckhannon and it has a population of 24,254 people. Politically, Upshur County residents lean toward the Republican party. Most recently, Republicans have held all five county commission seats and control most local offices throughout the county. Local political candidates running for office often emphasize their commitment to conservative values, such as lower taxes and limited government intervention in private business. Additionally, candidates focus on improving infrastructure and creating jobs through economic incentives. This election cycle promises to be an exciting one for Upshur County as many of its residents are eager to see how their representatives will improve the area going forward.
The political climate in Upshur County, WV is very conservative.
In Upshur County, WV 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upshur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 22.1%.
Upshur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Upshur 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.
Upshur, 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 Upshur County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 595 contributions totaling $34,307 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $16,948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)