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West Virginia 2000 vs 2012: county swing

55 of 55 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 13 changed hands.

Barbour County: swing R+20.7Braxton County: swing R+18.6Calhoun County: swing R+10.7Gilmer County: swing R+13.1Kanawha County: swing R+14.0Marion County: swing R+24.6Monongalia County: swing R+6.0Putnam County: swing R+16.0Summers County: swing R+28.7Webster County: swing R+36.1Grant County: swing R+7.7Greenbrier County: swing R+15.2Hampshire County: swing R+10.7Harrison County: swing R+23.7Jefferson County: swing R+2.6Logan County: swing R+64.7Marshall County: swing R+22.0Mason County: swing R+11.0Mingo County: swing R+64.3Morgan County: swing R+1.2Ohio County: swing R+11.3Pocahontas County: swing R+7.9Randolph County: swing R+16.0Roane County: swing R+5.8Taylor County: swing R+20.7Tucker County: swing R+22.9Upshur County: swing R+16.2Wayne County: swing R+26.7Wetzel County: swing R+15.2Wirt County: swing R+5.2Wood County: swing R+9.3Raleigh County: swing R+38.3Doddridge County: swing R+14.2Hancock County: swing R+19.9Lincoln County: swing R+39.0Mercer County: swing R+37.2Pleasants County: swing R+11.5Ritchie County: swing R+12.4Tyler County: swing R+8.7Wyoming County: swing R+66.0Berkeley County: swing R+0.2Boone County: swing R+56.7Brooke County: swing R+16.4Cabell County: swing R+9.0Clay County: swing R+26.9Fayette County: swing R+37.8McDowell County: swing R+64.0Mineral County: swing R+16.0Monroe County: swing R+25.0Pendleton County: swing R+5.9Preston County: swing R+14.8Nicholas County: swing R+33.3Hardy County: swing R+13.2Jackson County: swing R+18.6Lewis County: swing R+21.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Wyoming County flipped D+10.3 R+55.7 R+66.0 7,878 7,523
Logan County flipped D+24.9 R+39.8 R+64.7 14,439 11,946
Mingo County flipped D+21.7 R+42.6 R+64.3 10,043 8,830
McDowell County flipped D+34.1 R+29.9 R+64.0 7,303 6,188
Boone County flipped D+25.2 R+31.5 R+56.7 9,141 8,500
Lincoln County flipped D+7.4 R+31.6 R+39.0 7,464 6,818
Raleigh County R+6.4 R+44.7 R+38.3 24,061 28,829
Fayette County flipped D+17.0 R+20.8 R+37.8 14,619 14,070
Mercer County R+9.9 R+47.1 R+37.2 18,875 21,276
Webster County flipped D+8.4 R+27.7 R+36.1 3,308 2,755
Nicholas County R+3.5 R+36.8 R+33.3 8,579 8,785
Summers County R+0.1 R+28.8 R+28.7 4,713 4,735
Clay County R+7.6 R+34.5 R+26.9 3,582 3,012
Wayne County R+0.3 R+27.0 R+26.7 16,241 13,955
Monroe County R+16.5 R+41.5 R+25.0 5,139 5,212
Marion County flipped D+10.2 R+14.4 R+24.6 22,873 21,542
Harrison County flipped D+0.2 R+23.5 R+23.7 26,578 26,147
Tucker County R+18.4 R+41.3 R+22.9 3,346 3,138
Marshall County R+6.3 R+28.3 R+22.0 13,498 12,916
Lewis County R+20.4 R+42.0 R+21.6 6,134 6,287
Barbour County R+15.0 R+35.7 R+20.7 6,051 5,761
Taylor County R+11.4 R+32.1 R+20.7 5,712 5,908
Hancock County R+1.5 R+21.4 R+19.9 13,472 12,118
Braxton County flipped D+3.5 R+15.1 R+18.6 5,328 4,804
Jackson County R+12.2 R+30.8 R+18.6 11,518 11,544
Brooke County flipped D+5.1 R+11.3 R+16.4 9,405 9,294
Upshur County R+29.5 R+45.7 R+16.2 8,123 8,273
Mineral County R+29.0 R+45.0 R+16.0 9,782 10,979
Putnam County R+21.0 R+37.0 R+16.0 20,426 23,673
Randolph County R+12.8 R+28.8 R+16.0 9,542 9,756
Greenbrier County R+9.7 R+24.9 R+15.2 12,808 12,963
Wetzel County R+6.2 R+21.4 R+15.2 6,288 5,856
Preston County R+29.6 R+44.4 R+14.8 10,439 11,155
Doddridge County R+41.9 R+56.1 R+14.2 2,816 2,769
Kanawha County flipped D+2.2 R+11.8 R+14.0 76,670 75,077
Hardy County R+26.5 R+39.7 R+13.2 4,514 5,168
Gilmer County R+17.0 R+30.1 R+13.1 2,740 2,509
Ritchie County R+44.4 R+56.8 R+12.4 3,812 3,788
Pleasants County R+19.2 R+30.7 R+11.5 3,208 2,840
Ohio County R+10.9 R+22.2 R+11.3 17,964 17,911
Mason County R+9.0 R+20.0 R+11.0 11,223 9,789
Calhoun County R+12.0 R+22.7 R+10.7 2,615 2,207
Hampshire County R+29.7 R+40.4 R+10.7 6,097 7,986
Wood County R+22.9 R+32.2 R+9.3 33,857 33,977
Cabell County R+4.8 R+13.8 R+9.0 32,216 32,144
Tyler County R+34.8 R+43.5 R+8.7 3,928 3,279
Pocahontas County R+16.7 R+24.6 R+7.9 3,467 3,576
Grant County R+59.1 R+66.8 R+7.7 4,534 4,586
Monongalia County R+3.6 R+9.6 R+6.0 27,367 31,475
Pendleton County R+25.6 R+31.5 R+5.9 3,221 3,239
Roane County R+14.9 R+20.7 R+5.8 5,625 5,047
Wirt County R+29.4 R+34.6 R+5.2 2,382 2,171
Jefferson County R+1.3 R+3.9 R+2.6 14,378 22,138
Morgan County R+29.4 R+30.6 R+1.2 5,772 7,044
Berkeley County R+21.0 R+21.2 R+0.2 23,010 37,172

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