Bridgeport is a small city located in West Virginia. It has a population of about 8,500 people and is the county seat of Harrison County. Politically, the people of Bridgeport lean heavily to the Democratic side; in the 2020 United States presidential election, 86% of Bridgeport’s votes were for Joe Biden. In addition to this political lean, Bridgeport is also home to a diverse range of politicians from both major parties. The current mayor is Robert J. Greer III, who was elected in 2017 as the first African-American mayor of Bridgeport. The City Council consists of five members, two representing each ward within the city limits and one at-large representative elected by the entire city population. On the state level, Senator Boley represents District 12 which includes parts of Harrison County including Bridgeport; he has served since 2015 and his current term ends in 2023. Additionally, Nick Casey represents District 35 which includes parts of both Harrison and Monongalia counties and his current term also ends in 2023.
The political climate in Zip 26330 (Bridgeport, WV) is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, WV is very conservative. In Harrison County, WV 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.2%.
Harrison county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26330 (Bridgeport, WV) is strongly conservative.
Bridgeport, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, West Virginia 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.
Bridgeport, West Virginia: d 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 zip 26330 (Bridgeport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 224 contributions totaling $86,334 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $165,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $511 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)