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West Virginia 2004 vs 2008: county swing

26 of 55 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 6 changed hands.

Barbour County: swing D+0.7Braxton County: swing D+0.5Calhoun County: swing R+11.8Gilmer County: swing D+0.3Kanawha County: swing D+1.2Marion County: swing R+2.0Monongalia County: swing D+7.7Putnam County: swing D+2.0Summers County: swing R+2.7Webster County: swing R+1.0Grant County: swing D+9.9Greenbrier County: swing D+3.3Hampshire County: swing D+11.0Harrison County: swing R+0.7Jefferson County: swing D+11.0Logan County: swing R+16.4Marshall County: swing D+1.2Mason County: swing R+3.9Mingo County: swing R+24.9Morgan County: swing D+9.2Ohio County: swing D+4.7Pocahontas County: swing D+5.8Randolph County: swing D+0.1Roane County: swing D+5.8Taylor County: swing D+1.1Tucker County: swing R+2.2Upshur County: swing D+0.7Wayne County: swing R+9.3Wetzel County: swing R+1.6Wirt County: swing D+0.6Wood County: swing R+0.9Raleigh County: swing R+3.9Doddridge County: swing EvenHancock County: swing R+12.5Lincoln County: swing R+8.2Mercer County: swing R+10.3Pleasants County: swing R+0.5Ritchie County: swing D+1.6Tyler County: swing D+1.5Wyoming County: swing R+10.3Berkeley County: swing D+13.8Boone County: swing R+6.2Brooke County: swing R+5.2Cabell County: swing D+1.6Clay County: swing R+1.4Fayette County: swing R+9.2McDowell County: swing R+15.4Mineral County: swing D+4.3Monroe County: swing R+3.3Pendleton County: swing D+0.3Preston County: swing D+6.1Nicholas County: swing D+1.9Hardy County: swing D+11.1Jackson County: swing R+1.2Lewis County: swing R+5.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Mingo County flipped D+12.9 R+12.0 R+24.9 10,655 8,338
Logan County flipped D+5.6 R+10.8 R+16.4 14,987 13,465
McDowell County D+23.9 D+8.5 R+15.4 7,299 6,430
Hancock County R+2.8 R+15.3 R+12.5 14,321 13,220
Calhoun County R+3.5 R+15.3 R+11.8 2,661 2,429
Mercer County R+17.3 R+27.6 R+10.3 22,379 21,022
Wyoming County R+14.8 R+25.1 R+10.3 8,718 7,530
Wayne County R+8.9 R+18.2 R+9.3 18,609 15,430
Fayette County flipped D+6.5 R+2.7 R+9.2 16,967 15,194
Lincoln County R+0.7 R+8.9 R+8.2 8,312 6,835
Boone County D+16.9 D+10.7 R+6.2 10,198 8,370
Lewis County R+28.1 R+33.7 R+5.6 6,999 6,606
Brooke County flipped D+2.8 R+2.4 R+5.2 10,773 9,857
Mason County R+9.0 R+12.9 R+3.9 11,990 10,603
Raleigh County R+22.0 R+25.9 R+3.9 30,525 28,259
Monroe County R+21.5 R+24.8 R+3.3 5,951 5,575
Summers County R+8.6 R+11.3 R+2.7 5,524 5,316
Tucker County R+21.6 R+23.8 R+2.2 3,600 3,507
Marion County D+2.5 D+0.5 R+2.0 25,194 23,607
Wetzel County R+4.6 R+6.2 R+1.6 7,038 6,454
Clay County R+8.9 R+10.3 R+1.4 4,072 3,265
Jackson County R+17.5 R+18.7 R+1.2 13,158 12,236
Webster County D+6.5 D+5.5 R+1.0 3,714 3,057
Wood County R+27.8 R+28.7 R+0.9 39,227 36,002
Harrison County R+12.6 R+13.3 R+0.7 30,588 31,872
Pleasants County R+20.7 R+21.2 R+0.5 3,435 2,975
Doddridge County R+49.1 R+49.1 Even 3,179 3,018
Randolph County R+14.1 R+14.0 D+0.1 11,490 10,833
Gilmer County R+17.8 R+17.5 D+0.3 2,852 2,521
Pendleton County R+21.6 R+21.3 D+0.3 3,544 3,395
Braxton County D+0.9 D+1.4 D+0.5 6,051 5,409
Wirt County R+31.3 R+30.7 D+0.6 2,654 2,326
Barbour County R+21.0 R+20.3 D+0.7 6,655 6,232
Upshur County R+34.0 R+33.3 D+0.7 9,293 8,971
Taylor County R+19.5 R+18.4 D+1.1 6,551 6,203
Kanawha County R+1.6 R+0.4 D+1.2 87,928 82,484
Marshall County R+13.8 R+12.6 D+1.2 15,072 14,001
Tyler County R+32.9 R+31.4 D+1.5 4,245 3,741
Cabell County R+11.7 R+10.1 D+1.6 37,950 34,592
Ritchie County R+48.0 R+46.4 D+1.6 4,196 3,846
Nicholas County R+6.7 R+4.8 D+1.9 10,351 9,361
Putnam County R+25.5 R+23.5 D+2.0 25,151 24,780
Greenbrier County R+15.6 R+12.3 D+3.3 14,553 13,732
Mineral County R+37.8 R+33.5 D+4.3 11,461 11,547
Ohio County R+15.4 R+10.7 D+4.7 20,392 19,540
Pocahontas County R+18.5 R+12.7 D+5.8 3,918 3,642
Roane County R+13.6 R+7.8 D+5.8 6,100 5,563
Preston County R+32.6 R+26.5 D+6.1 11,929 11,796
Monongalia County flipped R+3.9 D+3.8 D+7.7 34,306 33,379
Morgan County R+32.7 R+23.5 D+9.2 6,847 7,276
Grant County R+61.4 R+51.5 D+9.9 5,047 4,218
Hampshire County R+37.9 R+26.9 D+11.0 7,996 8,347
Jefferson County flipped R+6.2 D+4.8 D+11.0 19,993 22,545
Hardy County R+38.3 R+27.2 D+11.1 5,276 5,407
Berkeley County R+26.8 R+13.0 D+13.8 33,785 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