McDowell County vs Mingo County
Side-by-side: the political memory, the demographic profile, and the deepest deltas between these two places.
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+60MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 17,9432024 5-year
- Median household income
- $31,5592024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- County seat
- Welch
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+66 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 2024MIT Election Lab
presidential history
Margin, 1876–2024
Presidential margin over time| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
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| 1876 | No data |
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| 1880 | No data |
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| 1884 | No data |
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| 1888 | No data |
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| 1892 | −35.1% |
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| 1896 | −45.5% |
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| 1900 | +51.0% |
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| 1904 | −51.2% |
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| 1908 | −52.4% |
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| 1912 | −19.8% |
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| 1916 | −31.4% |
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| 1920 | −41.3% |
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| 1924 | −34.8% |
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| 1928 | −28.2% |
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| 1932 | −13.0% |
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| 1936 | +43.7% |
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| 1940 | +27.5% |
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| 1944 | +27.3% |
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| 1948 | +37.7% |
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| 1952 | +39.6% |
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| 1956 | +20.5% |
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| 1960 | +49.7% |
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| 1964 | +66.1% |
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| 1968 | +46.6% |
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| 1972 | −13.5% |
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| 1976 | +44.0% |
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| 1980 | +42.7% |
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| 1984 | +33.1% |
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| 1988 | +48.8% |
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| 1992 | +51.9% |
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| 1996 | +54.1% |
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| 2000 | +34.2% |
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| 2004 | +23.8% |
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| 2008 | +8.5% |
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| 2012 | −29.9% |
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| 2016 | −51.1% |
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| 2020 | −58.4% |
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| 2024 | −60.4% |
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38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | | 1,036 | 4,310 | 5,425 |
| R | | 1,333 | 5,148 | 6,527 |
| R | | 1,438 | 4,629 | 6,246 |
| R | | 2,109 | 3,959 | 6,188 |
| D | | 3,430 | 2,882 | 6,430 |
| D | | 4,501 | 2,762 | 7,299 |
| D | | 4,845 | 2,348 | 7,303 |
| D | | 5,989 | 1,550 | 8,208 |
| D | | 7,019 | 1,941 | 9,781 |
| D | | 7,204 | 2,463 | 9,714 |
| D | | 8,546 | 4,284 | 12,883 |
| D | | 9,822 | 3,862 | 13,943 |
| D | | 10,557 | 4,107 | 14,664 |
| R | | 6,811 | 8,942 | 15,753 |
| D | | 12,842 | 4,020 | 18,937 |
| D | | 18,046 | 3,684 | 21,730 |
| D | | 19,501 | 6,555 | 26,056 |
| D | | 16,865 | 11,138 | 28,003 |
| D | | 24,657 | 10,663 | 35,320 |
| D | | 21,545 | 9,687 | 31,472 |
| D | | 19,300 | 11,023 | 30,323 |
| D | | 24,449 | 13,906 | 38,355 |
| D | | 25,471 | 9,975 | 35,481 |
| R | | 12,365 | 16,069 | 28,514 |
| R | | 8,294 | 14,810 | 23,135 |
| R | | 5,561 | 12,422 | 19,732 |
| R | | 5,068 | 12,198 | 17,282 |
| R | | 3,692 | 7,086 | 10,798 |
| R | | 2,497 | 4,341 | 9,327 |
| R | | 1,916 | 6,176 | 8,137 |
| R | | 1,676 | 5,225 | 6,937 |
| D | | 3,761 | 1,218 | 4,990 |
| R | | 986 | 2,635 | 3,627 |
| R | | 607 | 1,265 | 1,872 |
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- 2024 presidential margin
- R+74MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 22,5422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $38,1192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- County seat
- Williamson
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 2024MIT Election Lab
presidential history
Margin, 1876–2024
Presidential margin over time| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
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| 1876 | No data |
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| 1880 | No data |
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| 1884 | No data |
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| 1888 | No data |
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| 1892 | No data |
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| 1896 | +31.1% |
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| 1900 | −23.9% |
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| 1904 | +1.4% |
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| 1908 | −15.0% |
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| 1912 | +6.0% |
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| 1916 | +5.3% |
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| 1920 | +10.8% |
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| 1924 | +5.9% |
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| 1928 | −0.8% |
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| 1932 | +5.2% |
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| 1936 | +32.3% |
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| 1940 | +33.6% |
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| 1944 | +33.9% |
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| 1948 | +35.7% |
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| 1952 | +30.5% |
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| 1956 | +11.7% |
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| 1960 | +39.3% |
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| 1964 | +59.1% |
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| 1968 | +34.0% |
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| 1972 | −14.5% |
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| 1976 | +48.4% |
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| 1980 | +42.3% |
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| 1984 | +32.7% |
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| 1988 | +43.8% |
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| 1992 | +43.8% |
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| 1996 | +49.2% |
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| 2000 | +21.7% |
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| 2004 | +12.9% |
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| 2008 | −12.1% |
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| 2012 | −42.5% |
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| 2016 | −68.8% |
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| 2020 | −71.3% |
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| 2024 | −73.8% |
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38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | | 1,061 | 7,325 | 8,490 |
| R | | 1,397 | 8,544 | 10,026 |
| R | | 1,370 | 7,911 | 9,512 |
| R | | 2,428 | 6,191 | 8,855 |
| R | | 3,582 | 4,587 | 8,338 |
| D | | 5,983 | 4,612 | 10,655 |
| D | | 6,049 | 3,866 | 10,043 |
| D | | 7,584 | 2,229 | 10,875 |
| D | | 7,342 | 2,584 | 10,873 |
| D | | 7,429 | 2,896 | 10,350 |
| D | | 8,434 | 4,275 | 12,726 |
| D | | 9,328 | 3,716 | 13,280 |
| D | | 8,655 | 3,010 | 11,665 |
| R | | 5,585 | 7,484 | 13,069 |
| D | | 8,677 | 3,988 | 13,798 |
| D | | 12,266 | 3,154 | 15,420 |
| D | | 11,259 | 4,903 | 16,162 |
| D | | 10,014 | 7,916 | 17,930 |
| D | | 12,856 | 6,852 | 19,708 |
| D | | 10,362 | 4,896 | 15,292 |
| D | | 9,550 | 4,711 | 14,261 |
| D | | 11,619 | 5,776 | 17,395 |
| D | | 11,278 | 5,771 | 17,064 |
| D | | 8,657 | 7,801 | 16,501 |
| R | | 6,801 | 6,904 | 13,732 |
| D | | 5,313 | 4,656 | 11,070 |
| D | | 4,934 | 3,972 | 8,906 |
| D | | 2,472 | 2,223 | 4,705 |
| D | | 1,832 | 1,569 | 4,357 |
| R | | 1,520 | 2,058 | 3,596 |
| D | | 1,652 | 1,607 | 3,274 |
| R | | 838 | 1,363 | 2,201 |
| D | | 1,204 | 632 | 1,841 |
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Top 9 deltas, ranked by absolute magnitude.| Metric | McDowell County | Mingo County |
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| Median household income | $31,559 | $38,119 |
| Population | 17,943 | 22,542 |
| Latest presidential margin | R+60 | R+74 |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 88.0% | 95.3% |
| Black | 9.0% | 2.0% |
| Poverty rate (overall) | 34.2% | 32.4% |
| Hispanic / Latino | 2.1% | 0.8% |
| Median age | 43.7 | 44.5 |
| Asian | 0.1% | 0.0% |
