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West Virginia 2000 vs 2008: county swing

42 of 55 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 10 changed hands.

Barbour County: swing R+5.3Braxton County: swing R+2.1Calhoun County: swing R+3.3Gilmer County: swing R+0.5Kanawha County: swing R+2.6Marion County: swing R+9.7Monongalia County: swing D+7.4Putnam County: swing R+2.5Summers County: swing R+11.2Webster County: swing R+2.9Grant County: swing D+7.6Greenbrier County: swing R+2.6Hampshire County: swing D+2.8Harrison County: swing R+13.5Jefferson County: swing D+6.1Logan County: swing R+35.7Marshall County: swing R+6.3Mason County: swing R+3.9Mingo County: swing R+33.7Morgan County: swing D+5.9Ohio County: swing D+0.2Pocahontas County: swing D+4.0Randolph County: swing R+1.2Roane County: swing D+7.1Taylor County: swing R+7.0Tucker County: swing R+5.4Upshur County: swing R+3.8Wayne County: swing R+17.9Wetzel County: swing EvenWirt County: swing R+1.3Wood County: swing R+5.8Raleigh County: swing R+19.5Doddridge County: swing R+7.2Hancock County: swing R+13.8Lincoln County: swing R+16.3Mercer County: swing R+17.7Pleasants County: swing R+2.0Ritchie County: swing R+2.0Tyler County: swing D+3.4Wyoming County: swing R+35.4Berkeley County: swing D+8.0Boone County: swing R+14.5Brooke County: swing R+7.5Cabell County: swing R+5.3Clay County: swing R+2.7Fayette County: swing R+19.7McDowell County: swing R+25.6Mineral County: swing R+4.5Monroe County: swing R+8.3Pendleton County: swing D+4.3Preston County: swing D+3.1Nicholas County: swing R+1.3Hardy County: swing R+0.7Jackson County: swing R+6.5Lewis County: swing R+13.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Logan County flipped D+24.9 R+10.8 R+35.7 14,439 13,465
Wyoming County flipped D+10.3 R+25.1 R+35.4 7,878 7,530
Mingo County flipped D+21.7 R+12.0 R+33.7 10,043 8,338
McDowell County D+34.1 D+8.5 R+25.6 7,303 6,430
Fayette County flipped D+17.0 R+2.7 R+19.7 14,619 15,194
Raleigh County R+6.4 R+25.9 R+19.5 24,061 28,259
Wayne County R+0.3 R+18.2 R+17.9 16,241 15,430
Mercer County R+9.9 R+27.6 R+17.7 18,875 21,022
Lincoln County flipped D+7.4 R+8.9 R+16.3 7,464 6,835
Boone County D+25.2 D+10.7 R+14.5 9,141 8,370
Hancock County R+1.5 R+15.3 R+13.8 13,472 13,220
Harrison County flipped D+0.2 R+13.3 R+13.5 26,578 31,872
Lewis County R+20.4 R+33.7 R+13.3 6,134 6,606
Summers County R+0.1 R+11.3 R+11.2 4,713 5,316
Marion County D+10.2 D+0.5 R+9.7 22,873 23,607
Monroe County R+16.5 R+24.8 R+8.3 5,139 5,575
Brooke County flipped D+5.1 R+2.4 R+7.5 9,405 9,857
Doddridge County R+41.9 R+49.1 R+7.2 2,816 3,018
Taylor County R+11.4 R+18.4 R+7.0 5,712 6,203
Jackson County R+12.2 R+18.7 R+6.5 11,518 12,236
Marshall County R+6.3 R+12.6 R+6.3 13,498 14,001
Wood County R+22.9 R+28.7 R+5.8 33,857 36,002
Tucker County R+18.4 R+23.8 R+5.4 3,346 3,507
Barbour County R+15.0 R+20.3 R+5.3 6,051 6,232
Cabell County R+4.8 R+10.1 R+5.3 32,216 34,592
Mineral County R+29.0 R+33.5 R+4.5 9,782 11,547
Mason County R+9.0 R+12.9 R+3.9 11,223 10,603
Upshur County R+29.5 R+33.3 R+3.8 8,123 8,971
Calhoun County R+12.0 R+15.3 R+3.3 2,615 2,429
Webster County D+8.4 D+5.5 R+2.9 3,308 3,057
Clay County R+7.6 R+10.3 R+2.7 3,582 3,265
Greenbrier County R+9.7 R+12.3 R+2.6 12,808 13,732
Kanawha County flipped D+2.2 R+0.4 R+2.6 76,670 82,484
Putnam County R+21.0 R+23.5 R+2.5 20,426 24,780
Braxton County D+3.5 D+1.4 R+2.1 5,328 5,409
Pleasants County R+19.2 R+21.2 R+2.0 3,208 2,975
Ritchie County R+44.4 R+46.4 R+2.0 3,812 3,846
Nicholas County R+3.5 R+4.8 R+1.3 8,579 9,361
Wirt County R+29.4 R+30.7 R+1.3 2,382 2,326
Randolph County R+12.8 R+14.0 R+1.2 9,542 10,833
Hardy County R+26.5 R+27.2 R+0.7 4,514 5,407
Gilmer County R+17.0 R+17.5 R+0.5 2,740 2,521
Wetzel County R+6.2 R+6.2 Even 6,288 6,454
Ohio County R+10.9 R+10.7 D+0.2 17,964 19,540
Hampshire County R+29.7 R+26.9 D+2.8 6,097 8,347
Preston County R+29.6 R+26.5 D+3.1 10,439 11,796
Tyler County R+34.8 R+31.4 D+3.4 3,928 3,741
Pocahontas County R+16.7 R+12.7 D+4.0 3,467 3,642
Pendleton County R+25.6 R+21.3 D+4.3 3,221 3,395
Morgan County R+29.4 R+23.5 D+5.9 5,772 7,276
Jefferson County flipped R+1.3 D+4.8 D+6.1 14,378 22,545
Roane County R+14.9 R+7.8 D+7.1 5,625 5,563
Monongalia County flipped R+3.6 D+3.8 D+7.4 27,367 33,379
Grant County R+59.1 R+51.5 D+7.6 4,534 4,218
Berkeley County R+21.0 R+13.0 D+8.0 23,010 37,292

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