Wood County is a county located in West Virginia. It is home to a population of over 86,000 people. The government of Wood County is governed by a Board of Supervisors who are responsible for creating and passing laws in the county. These laws are designed to ensure that all citizens have access to quality services and resources for living a healthy life. Locally, there are a number of political candidates vying for office such as Bob Goodall, Andy Caldwell, and Joshua Barrett who are all running for the position of Supervisor. Each candidate has their own individual views on how Wood County should operate and develop, which makes this election an exciting one for the residents here. At the end of the day, it is up to each citizen decide which candidate they feel best represents their interests and beliefs when it comes time to cast their votes.
The political climate in Wood County, WV is very conservative.
In Wood County, WV 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.2%.
Wood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wood County, WV is very conservative.
Parkersburg-Vienna 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.
Wood, 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 Wood County, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,456 contributions totaling $133,046 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 815 contributions totaling $211,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)