The Weirton-Steubenville, WV Metro Area is a diverse and vibrant community located in the Northern panhandle of West Virginia. Politically, the area is heavily influenced by both state and federal politics, as well as local government officials. While the area is seen as being relatively conservative overall, it does have its own unique political agenda that often takes center stage during election season. On the state level, residents of the Weirton-Steubenville area elect representatives to serve in both houses of the West Virginia legislature. Local issues such as education reform, economic development, and infrastructure are often brought up in these debates. On the federal level, Weirton-Steubenville residents are represented by two senators and one member of Congress. The issues discussed at this level typically involve funding for programs that affect all Americans--such as Medicare and Social Security--as well as other topics concerning labor laws, immigration laws, trade agreements, and foreign policy. During election years, voters in this metro area will have an important say in their local government’s future direction due to their influence on both state and national politics.
The political climate in Weirton-Steubenville Metro Area is very conservative.
In Weirton-Steubenville Metro Area 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Weirton-Steubenville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 28.9%.
The Weirton-Steubenville metro area voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Weirton-Steubenville 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.
Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia: d d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Weirton-Steubenville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,753 contributions totaling $94,886 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 892 contributions totaling $328,093 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)