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

Marion County changed direction in the last decade.

A former union stronghold that has shifted sharply toward Republicans over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Marion County, West Virginia · Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+31
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
55,909
2024 ACS
Most similar
Fayette County
WV · similarity 0.99
65 precincts · 24,634 votes cast
Trump · R+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−31.2%
8,18515,88124,634
2020R
−28.7%
8,90116,30025,799
2016R
−33.0%
6,96414,66823,367
2012R
−14.4%
8,95912,05421,553
2008D
+0.5%
11,61811,50123,603
2004D
+2.5%
12,77112,15025,194
2000D
+10.2%
12,3159,97222,873
1996D
+30.9%
12,9946,16022,107
1992D
+30.4%
14,0426,38025,194
1988D
+22.0%
14,4419,22923,742
1984D
+2.7%
13,83313,10627,020
1980D
+12.2%
14,18910,95226,471
1976D
+26.3%
17,80010,39128,191
1972R
−15.1%
11,86416,09527,959
1968D
+24.2%
17,24610,17729,261
1964D
+48.2%
22,0477,70729,754
1960D
+11.8%
17,90314,13832,041
1956D
+0.2%
16,19216,11232,304
1952D
+14.1%
19,89014,97934,869
1948D
+27.6%
19,86611,20131,357
1944D
+20.7%
17,64011,58429,224
1940D
+22.4%
21,03513,34934,384
1936D
+29.1%
20,85911,40332,443
1932D
+11.3%
15,97512,63829,464
1928R
−22.3%
10,13316,08826,663
1924R
−11.6%
9,38612,16724,066
1920R
−13.3%
8,73411,49420,811
1916D
+10.1%
5,4934,44310,379
1912D
+30.8%
4,5351,6259,433
1908R
−4.6%
3,9614,3688,901
1904R
−11.5%
3,7624,7768,815
1900D
+9.1%
4,3513,6128,101
1896R
−1.7%
3,3043,4206,855
1892D
+1.4%
2,6622,5845,456
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
2.1%
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
19.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.5%
Methodist
7.5%
Baptist
5.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Marion County's coal and industrial heritage once made it a Democratic stronghold, but the 2024 presidential margin of R+31.2 reflects a realignment driven by demographic change and the long decline of unionized extraction industries.

The 2012 election was the turning point, when the Republican candidate carried the county by fourteen points. The 2024 margin was thirty-one points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 55,909, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,370 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fayette County and Logan County.