Boone County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
26 precincts · 8,142 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -1515 | 117 | 443 | 10 | 570 | 20.5% | 77.7% | R+57.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -1212 | 144 | 360 | 20 | 524 | 27.5% | 68.7% | R+41.2 |
| Precinct -3232 | 82 | 364 | 8 | 454 | 18.1% | 80.2% | R+62.1 |
| Precinct -4646 | 91 | 348 | 12 | 451 | 20.2% | 77.2% | R+57.0 |
| Precinct -77 | 73 | 331 | 16 | 420 | 17.4% | 78.8% | R+61.4 |
| Precinct -2525 | 98 | 305 | 7 | 410 | 23.9% | 74.4% | R+50.5 |
| Precinct -4545 | 100 | 279 | 9 | 388 | 25.8% | 71.9% | R+46.1 |
| Precinct -5252 | 61 | 311 | 4 | 376 | 16.2% | 82.7% | R+66.5 |
| Precinct -2222 | 69 | 281 | 16 | 366 | 18.9% | 76.8% | R+57.9 |
| Precinct -3030 | 80 | 269 | 13 | 362 | 22.1% | 74.3% | R+52.2 |
| Precinct -1717 | 47 | 274 | 5 | 326 | 14.4% | 84.0% | R+69.6 |
| Precinct -1414 | 70 | 252 | 2 | 324 | 21.6% | 77.8% | R+56.2 |
| Precinct -33 | 37 | 260 | 5 | 302 | 12.3% | 86.1% | R+73.8 |
| Precinct -1919 | 93 | 197 | 10 | 300 | 31.0% | 65.7% | R+34.7 |
| Precinct -2323 | 39 | 245 | 9 | 293 | 13.3% | 83.6% | R+70.3 |
| Precinct -22 | 63 | 224 | 4 | 291 | 21.6% | 77.0% | R+55.3 |
| Precinct -44 | 38 | 243 | 6 | 287 | 13.2% | 84.7% | R+71.4 |
| Precinct -1313 | 89 | 175 | 8 | 272 | 32.7% | 64.3% | R+31.6 |
| Precinct -1111 | 40 | 196 | 4 | 240 | 16.7% | 81.7% | R+65.0 |
| Precinct -99 | 35 | 186 | 1 | 222 | 15.8% | 83.8% | R+68.0 |
| Precinct -4040 | 39 | 170 | 8 | 217 | 18.0% | 78.3% | R+60.4 |
| Precinct -3131 | 29 | 159 | 3 | 191 | 15.2% | 83.2% | R+68.1 |
| Precinct -3636 | 28 | 129 | 1 | 158 | 17.7% | 81.6% | R+63.9 |
| Precinct -4141 | 30 | 120 | 1 | 151 | 19.9% | 79.5% | R+59.6 |
| Precinct -5353 | 41 | 85 | 2 | 128 | 32.0% | 66.4% | R+34.4 |
| Precinct -1818 | 8 | 108 | 3 | 119 | 6.7% | 90.8% | R+84.0 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +18.1% |
| 1896 | +9.0% |
| 1900 | +11.0% |
| 1904 | +7.5% |
| 1908 | +1.8% |
| 1912 | +28.4% |
| 1916 | −3.6% |
| 1920 | −2.7% |
| 1924 | +4.3% |
| 1928 | +9.1% |
| 1932 | +25.2% |
| 1936 | +37.8% |
| 1940 | +31.4% |
| 1944 | +29.7% |
| 1948 | +39.8% |
| 1952 | +33.4% |
| 1956 | +15.7% |
| 1960 | +32.5% |
| 1964 | +55.5% |
| 1968 | +33.3% |
| 1972 | −5.7% |
| 1976 | +47.0% |
| 1980 | +27.9% |
| 1984 | +20.9% |
| 1988 | +40.2% |
| 1992 | +47.2% |
| 1996 | +46.3% |
| 2000 | +25.2% |
| 2004 | +16.9% |
| 2008 | +10.7% |
| 2012 | −31.5% |
| 2016 | −53.7% |
| 2020 | −53.0% |
| 2024 | −57.4% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Boone County, WV registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 60-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
13,713 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−16 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −3,146 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $43,125 in average income, against $59,125 for residents who stayed — 27% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+36.6 on average — 21 points more Democratic-leaning than Boone County, WV itself (R+57.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Kanawha County, WV82R+17.4
- Logan County, WV39R+66.7
- Raleigh County, WV22R+54.3
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Kanawha County, WV100
- Logan County, WV44
- Lincoln County, WV28
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −139 |
| 2012 | −16 |
| 2013 | −253 |
| 2014 | −309 |
| 2015 | −354 |
| 2016 | −354 |
| 2017 | −362 |
| 2018 | −344 |
| 2019 | −423 |
| 2021 | −213 |
| 2022 | −226 |
| 2023 | −163 |
| 2024 | +26 |
| 2025 | −16 |
Boone County, once a union-heavy coal stronghold that backed Democratic presidential candidates for decades, has shifted over the past four election cycles — posting an R+57.4 margin in 2024 that ranks among the most lopsided results in the state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.4 points.
A population of 21,026, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,093 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln County and Webster County.
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Boone County, West Virginia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/54005/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.