Morgantown, WV is located in the northern part of West Virginia and has a government that consists of a mayor-council form of municipal government. The current mayor is Bill Kawecki who was elected in 2016. In addition, there are six city council members who serve four-year terms. The council meets twice a month to decide on matters such as tax rates, ordinances, city services, and other local issues that affect the community. Morgantown also has an active political scene with various candidates running for office each year. These range from state representatives to county commissioners and school board positions. The people of Morgantown are passionate about their politics and always strive to elect the most qualified candidate regardless of party affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 26501 (Morgantown, WV) is leaning conservative.
Monongalia County, WV is leaning conservative. In Monongalia County, WV 48.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monongalia county remained narrowly Republican, 49.4% to 48.2%.
Monongalia county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 26501 (Morgantown, WV) is leaning conservative.
Morgantown, West Virginia is leaning conservative.
Monongalia County, West Virginia is leaning conservative.
Morgantown Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Morgantown, West Virginia: r r d 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 26501 (Morgantown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,389 contributions totaling $90,118 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $136,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $517 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)