Morgantown, West Virginia is a city of approximately 30,000 people that rests along the banks of the Monongahela River. It is home to both West Virginia University and numerous businesses, making it an important part of the state's economy. Politically, Morgantown is a predominately Democratic city and has been so for as long as anyone can remember. The current Mayor of Morgantown is Bill Byrne who was elected in 2016 and is a member of the Democratic Party. His administration has been focused on improving job opportunities and infrastructure in the area, while also promoting access to education. Other local political positions include City Council Members, Police Commissioner, Fire Chief, Treasurer, Clerk and more. Each year these positions are contested in elections that are open to all eligible voters within 26508 Morgantown.
The political climate in Zip 26508 (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 26508 (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 26508 (Morgantown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,556 contributions totaling $227,774 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 524 contributions totaling $512,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $978 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)