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West Virginia 2000 vs 2004: county swing

49 of 55 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Barbour County: swing R+6.0Braxton County: swing R+2.6Calhoun County: swing D+8.5Gilmer County: swing R+0.8Kanawha County: swing R+3.8Marion County: swing R+7.7Monongalia County: swing R+0.3Putnam County: swing R+4.5Summers County: swing R+8.5Webster County: swing R+1.9Grant County: swing R+2.3Greenbrier County: swing R+5.9Hampshire County: swing R+8.2Harrison County: swing R+12.8Jefferson County: swing R+4.9Logan County: swing R+19.3Marshall County: swing R+7.5Mason County: swing EvenMingo County: swing R+8.8Morgan County: swing R+3.3Ohio County: swing R+4.5Pocahontas County: swing R+1.8Randolph County: swing R+1.3Roane County: swing D+1.3Taylor County: swing R+8.1Tucker County: swing R+3.2Upshur County: swing R+4.5Wayne County: swing R+8.6Wetzel County: swing D+1.6Wirt County: swing R+1.9Wood County: swing R+4.9Raleigh County: swing R+15.6Doddridge County: swing R+7.2Hancock County: swing R+1.3Lincoln County: swing R+8.1Mercer County: swing R+7.4Pleasants County: swing R+1.5Ritchie County: swing R+3.6Tyler County: swing D+1.9Wyoming County: swing R+25.1Berkeley County: swing R+5.8Boone County: swing R+8.3Brooke County: swing R+2.3Cabell County: swing R+6.9Clay County: swing R+1.3Fayette County: swing R+10.5McDowell County: swing R+10.2Mineral County: swing R+8.8Monroe County: swing R+5.0Pendleton County: swing D+4.0Preston County: swing R+3.0Nicholas County: swing R+3.2Hardy County: swing R+11.8Jackson County: swing R+5.3Lewis County: swing R+7.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002004SwingVotes 2000Votes 2004
Wyoming County flipped D+10.3 R+14.8 R+25.1 7,878 8,718
Logan County D+24.9 D+5.6 R+19.3 14,439 14,987
Raleigh County R+6.4 R+22.0 R+15.6 24,061 30,525
Harrison County flipped D+0.2 R+12.6 R+12.8 26,578 30,588
Hardy County R+26.5 R+38.3 R+11.8 4,514 5,276
Fayette County D+17.0 D+6.5 R+10.5 14,619 16,967
McDowell County D+34.1 D+23.9 R+10.2 7,303 7,299
Mineral County R+29.0 R+37.8 R+8.8 9,782 11,461
Mingo County D+21.7 D+12.9 R+8.8 10,043 10,655
Wayne County R+0.3 R+8.9 R+8.6 16,241 18,609
Summers County R+0.1 R+8.6 R+8.5 4,713 5,524
Boone County D+25.2 D+16.9 R+8.3 9,141 10,198
Hampshire County R+29.7 R+37.9 R+8.2 6,097 7,996
Lincoln County flipped D+7.4 R+0.7 R+8.1 7,464 8,312
Taylor County R+11.4 R+19.5 R+8.1 5,712 6,551
Lewis County R+20.4 R+28.1 R+7.7 6,134 6,999
Marion County D+10.2 D+2.5 R+7.7 22,873 25,194
Marshall County R+6.3 R+13.8 R+7.5 13,498 15,072
Mercer County R+9.9 R+17.3 R+7.4 18,875 22,379
Doddridge County R+41.9 R+49.1 R+7.2 2,816 3,179
Cabell County R+4.8 R+11.7 R+6.9 32,216 37,950
Barbour County R+15.0 R+21.0 R+6.0 6,051 6,655
Greenbrier County R+9.7 R+15.6 R+5.9 12,808 14,553
Berkeley County R+21.0 R+26.8 R+5.8 23,010 33,785
Jackson County R+12.2 R+17.5 R+5.3 11,518 13,158
Monroe County R+16.5 R+21.5 R+5.0 5,139 5,951
Jefferson County R+1.3 R+6.2 R+4.9 14,378 19,993
Wood County R+22.9 R+27.8 R+4.9 33,857 39,227
Ohio County R+10.9 R+15.4 R+4.5 17,964 20,392
Putnam County R+21.0 R+25.5 R+4.5 20,426 25,151
Upshur County R+29.5 R+34.0 R+4.5 8,123 9,293
Kanawha County flipped D+2.2 R+1.6 R+3.8 76,670 87,928
Ritchie County R+44.4 R+48.0 R+3.6 3,812 4,196
Morgan County R+29.4 R+32.7 R+3.3 5,772 6,847
Nicholas County R+3.5 R+6.7 R+3.2 8,579 10,351
Tucker County R+18.4 R+21.6 R+3.2 3,346 3,600
Preston County R+29.6 R+32.6 R+3.0 10,439 11,929
Braxton County D+3.5 D+0.9 R+2.6 5,328 6,051
Brooke County D+5.1 D+2.8 R+2.3 9,405 10,773
Grant County R+59.1 R+61.4 R+2.3 4,534 5,047
Webster County D+8.4 D+6.5 R+1.9 3,308 3,714
Wirt County R+29.4 R+31.3 R+1.9 2,382 2,654
Pocahontas County R+16.7 R+18.5 R+1.8 3,467 3,918
Pleasants County R+19.2 R+20.7 R+1.5 3,208 3,435
Clay County R+7.6 R+8.9 R+1.3 3,582 4,072
Hancock County R+1.5 R+2.8 R+1.3 13,472 14,321
Randolph County R+12.8 R+14.1 R+1.3 9,542 11,490
Gilmer County R+17.0 R+17.8 R+0.8 2,740 2,852
Monongalia County R+3.6 R+3.9 R+0.3 27,367 34,306
Mason County R+9.0 R+9.0 Even 11,223 11,990
Roane County R+14.9 R+13.6 D+1.3 5,625 6,100
Wetzel County R+6.2 R+4.6 D+1.6 6,288 7,038
Tyler County R+34.8 R+32.9 D+1.9 3,928 4,245
Pendleton County R+25.6 R+21.6 D+4.0 3,221 3,544
Calhoun County R+12.0 R+3.5 D+8.5 2,615 2,661

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data