Point Pleasant, WV is a small town in the Mason County area with a population of about 4,000. It has an active political climate with many local candidates running for various offices during election season. These candidates come from all parts of the county and represent their respective communities to bring change to the town. Current issues range from taxation and education reform to infrastructure projects that will help to revitalize this historic community. The residents are passionate about the issues affecting them and take part in voting to make sure their voices are heard. As such, Point Pleasant, WV is a great example of what can be achieved when citizens become involved in politics and strive for positive change within their community.
The political climate in Zip 25550 (Point Pleasant, WV) is strongly conservative.
Mason County, WV is very conservative. In Mason County, WV 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.5%.
Mason county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 25550 (Point Pleasant, WV) is strongly conservative.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia is strongly conservative.
Mason County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Point Pleasant 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.
Point Pleasant, 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 25550 (Point Pleasant)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $4,659 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $16,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)