Wetzel County, located in West Virginia, is a rural community with a population of just over 16,000 people. The county is divided into four townships and has a long history of political involvement. Each of the townships has its own town government that is responsible for many aspects of local governance such as managing public services, ensuring public safety, and overseeing economic development initiatives. On the state level, Wetzel County elects representatives to the West Virginia House of Delegates and Senate each year. These elected officials are responsible for representing the interests of their constituents and advocating for legislation that will benefit their district as well as West Virginia overall. The county also participates in national elections every four years to elect members to Congress and the President of the United States. Politically, Wetzel County generally leans Republican but there are a growing number of independent voters in recent years who have made an effort to make their voices heard on important issues. No matter what your political views may be, it’s safe to say that Wetzel County takes its politics seriously and always strives to make sure that its citizens have access to fair representation on both local and national levels.
The political climate in Wetzel County, WV is very conservative.
In Wetzel County, WV 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wetzel county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.1%.
Wetzel county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wetzel 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.
Wetzel, 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 Wetzel County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 267 contributions totaling $13,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $30,066 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)