Parkersburg, West Virginia is the county seat of Wood County and is a great place to live. The city has a stable political landscape with both Democrats and Republicans vying for votes in each election cycle. Popular issues among local officials include infrastructure, public safety, economic development and social services. Over the years, the city has seen several politicians come from both major parties who have worked hard to ensure that Parkersburg remains a safe and prosperous community for all its residents. Local candidates are also active in advocating for their causes and platforms to keep Parkersburg moving forward.
The political climate in Zip 26104 (Parkersburg, WV) is strongly conservative.
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
Zip 26104 (Parkersburg, WV) is strongly conservative.
Parkersburg, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Wood County, West Virginia 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.
Parkersburg, 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 zip 26104 (Parkersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 526 contributions totaling $39,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 243 contributions totaling $105,864 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $436 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)