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1876–2024
Barbour County, West Virginia
Barbour County·West Virginia

Barbour County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of West Virginia's steepest presidential swings over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Barbour County, West Virginia · Valerius Tygart · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+61
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
15,424
2024 ACS
Most similar
Taylor County
WV · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 6,395 votes cast
Trump · R+61
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−60.5%
1,1995,0716,395
2020R
−54.8%
1,4575,1166,677
2016R
−54.0%
1,2224,5276,116
2012R
−35.6%
1,7683,8245,777
2008R
−20.3%
2,4193,6856,232
2004R
−20.9%
2,6104,0046,655
2000R
−15.0%
2,5033,4116,051
1996D
+15.2%
3,0762,1556,047
1992D
+16.5%
3,4672,3226,954
1988D
+3.2%
3,2213,0236,261
1984R
−11.0%
3,1083,8776,995
1980D
+2.0%
3,4513,3117,086
1976D
+6.0%
3,6473,2356,882
1972R
−32.5%
2,2584,4326,690
1968D
+0.1%
3,2103,2066,781
1964D
+30.5%
4,7582,5337,291
1960R
−2.4%
3,8184,0067,824
1956R
−9.2%
3,7074,4608,167
1952R
−0.2%
4,4894,5048,993
1948D
+5.0%
4,2383,8348,100
1944R
−3.6%
3,7183,9937,711
1940D
+4.7%
5,0254,5769,601
1936D
+15.3%
5,2843,8759,198
1932D
+7.2%
4,2283,6528,022
1928R
−7.1%
3,4914,0237,514
1924R
−2.2%
3,1883,3477,371
1920R
−14.8%
2,7773,7636,651
1916R
−5.9%
1,8482,0833,988
1912D
+25.8%
1,5616073,691
1908R
−11.5%
1,6342,0723,811
1904R
−7.9%
1,5851,8633,508
1900D
+7.6%
1,8401,5793,441
1896D
+2.2%
1,6431,5733,217
1892D
+0.8%
1,5221,4973,065
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
28.8%
Methodist
7.4%
Baptist
2.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Barbour County's 2024 margin of R+60.5 reflects a transformation common to rural Appalachian counties, where a once-competitive Democratic coalfield electorate has shifted decisively over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Barbour County reached its widest at sixty-one points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Barbour County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $51,394, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,424 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Taylor County and Graves County.