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

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

One of West Virginia's most reliably one-sided presidential counties

18762024·38 elections
Taylor County, West Virginia · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,487
2024 ACS
Most similar
Barbour County
WV · similarity 1.00
17 precincts · 7,265 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.3%
1,6945,4227,265
2020R
−49.9%
1,7965,4777,383
2016R
−49.2%
1,4914,7336,593
2012R
−32.1%
1,9413,8405,921
2008R
−18.4%
2,4623,6056,203
2004R
−19.5%
2,6173,8936,551
2000R
−11.4%
2,4733,1245,712
1996D
+12.9%
2,6921,9775,533
1992D
+13.4%
2,8432,0226,115
1988D
+0.6%
2,8522,8165,694
1984R
−18.5%
2,7544,0076,765
1980D
+3.2%
3,2163,0106,487
1976D
+14.9%
3,9052,8916,796
1972R
−35.5%
2,0854,3856,470
1968R
−0.9%
2,9533,0126,431
1964D
+31.9%
4,4422,2926,734
1960R
−6.7%
3,4893,9927,481
1956R
−21.3%
3,0794,7437,822
1952R
−11.3%
3,7524,7118,463
1948R
−0.8%
3,8883,9487,871
1944R
−3.1%
3,6533,8907,543
1940D
+1.3%
4,9684,8419,809
1936D
+17.5%
5,7954,0619,898
1932D
+5.3%
4,2933,8568,285
1928R
−33.1%
2,5485,1017,705
1924R
−17.2%
2,4993,6836,890
1920R
−22.0%
2,3113,6496,080
1916R
−8.8%
1,6722,0023,761
1912D
+17.5%
1,4457913,727
1908R
−14.4%
1,5522,1063,837
1904R
−20.3%
1,4662,2373,803
1900D
+19.2%
2,0921,4163,522
1896R
−16.7%
1,3071,8383,173
1892R
−12.8%
1,1581,5222,846
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
20.7%
Baptist
20.4%
Methodist
6.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Taylor County's R+51.1 margin in 2024 reflects the broader coalitional realignment that has made rural north-central West Virginia among the most lopsided presidential territory in the country over the past decade.

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

Taylor County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $57,795, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,487 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 Barbour County and Graves County.