Fairmont, WV · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Marion County, West Virginia. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Fairmont, WV, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+2.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+31.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 29 points more Republican than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Fairmont, WV in Fairmont, WV: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+76
2012
+71
2013
−84
2014
+63
2015
+43
2016
−167
2017
−108
2018
−152
2019
+79
2021
+50
2022
+103
2023
+247
2024
+72
2025
+116
Fairmont anchors Marion County, a former coal and glass manufacturing center whose workforce transition toward healthcare and education has reshaped its once reliably Democratic working-class base over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 33.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.2 points.
A population of 55,909, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,370 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wheeling, WV-OH and Hermitage, PA.
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In 2024, Fairmont, WV, West Virginia voted Republican by 31.2 points (R+31.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,634 votes cast, 8,185 went Democratic and 15,881 went Republican.
When did Fairmont, WV, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fairmont, WV, West Virginia voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Fairmont, WV, West Virginia?
Fairmont, WV, West Virginia has a population of 55,909 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fairmont, WV, West Virginia?
Median household income in Fairmont, WV, West Virginia is $67,370 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Fairmont, WV, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fairmont, WV, West Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
