Morgantown, WV · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Morgantown, 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+8.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+18.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.8 points more Republican than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Morgantown, WV in Morgantown, WV: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,326
2012
+1,331
2013
+511
2014
+482
2015
−20
2016
−14
2017
−373
2018
−797
2019
−414
2021
+358
2022
−96
2023
+73
2024
+140
2025
−76
Home to West Virginia University, the Morgantown metro consistently posts Democratic margins that stand apart from the broader rightward shift West Virginia has made over the past two decades, driven by a younger, degree-holding residential base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.8 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.0 points.
A population of 141,323, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,508 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State College, PA and Laramie, WY.
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How did Morgantown, WV, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morgantown, WV, West Virginia voted Republican by 18.0 points (R+18.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 55,878 votes cast, 22,218 went Democratic and 32,260 went Republican.
When did Morgantown, WV, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morgantown, WV, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Morgantown, WV, West Virginia?
Morgantown, WV, West Virginia has a population of 141,323 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morgantown, WV, West Virginia?
Median household income in Morgantown, WV, West Virginia is $64,508 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Morgantown, WV, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Morgantown, WV, West Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
