Doddridge County, West Virginia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+73%. Republican peak: R+73 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+73MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,7112024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,4012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fulton County, PA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Doddridge CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Doddridge County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −6.9% |
| 1896 | −17.2% |
| 1900 | +21.3% |
| 1904 | −24.0% |
| 1908 | −27.6% |
| 1912 | +9.0% |
| 1916 | −25.5% |
| 1920 | −46.5% |
| 1924 | −26.7% |
| 1928 | −41.7% |
| 1932 | −17.7% |
| 1936 | −27.6% |
| 1940 | −37.6% |
| 1944 | −44.6% |
| 1948 | −35.2% |
| 1952 | −45.0% |
| 1956 | −47.0% |
| 1960 | −39.0% |
| 1964 | +0.2% |
| 1968 | −35.7% |
| 1972 | −56.0% |
| 1976 | −18.3% |
| 1980 | −27.7% |
| 1984 | −47.2% |
| 1988 | −32.5% |
| 1992 | −17.8% |
| 1996 | −18.1% |
| 2000 | −42.0% |
| 2004 | −49.1% |
| 2008 | −49.1% |
| 2012 | −56.1% |
| 2016 | −69.7% |
| 2020 | −70.4% |
| 2024 | −73.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 374 | 2,541 | 2,956 | ||
| R | 435 | 2,619 | 3,101 | ||
| R | 362 | 2,358 | 2,863 | ||
| R | 575 | 2,130 | 2,774 | ||
| R | 735 | 2,218 | 3,018 | ||
| R | 800 | 2,362 | 3,179 | ||
| R | 773 | 1,955 | 2,816 | ||
| R | 865 | 1,335 | 2,595 | ||
| R | 968 | 1,500 | 2,992 | ||
| R | 955 | 1,880 | 2,847 | ||
| R | 836 | 2,343 | 3,195 | ||
| R | 1,043 | 1,888 | 3,051 | ||
| R | 1,245 | 1,804 | 3,049 | ||
| R | 645 | 2,284 | 2,929 | ||
| R | 844 | 1,861 | 2,851 | ||
| D | 1,587 | 1,581 | 3,168 | ||
| R | 1,053 | 2,402 | 3,455 | ||
| R | 935 | 2,594 | 3,529 | ||
| R | 1,040 | 2,741 | 3,781 | ||
| R | 1,166 | 2,433 | 3,599 | ||
| R | 1,000 | 2,611 | 3,611 | ||
| R | 1,495 | 3,293 | 4,788 | ||
| R | 1,716 | 3,023 | 4,744 | ||
| R | 1,943 | 2,780 | 4,723 | ||
| R | 1,202 | 2,919 | 4,121 | ||
| R | 1,594 | 2,777 | 4,429 | ||
| R | 1,137 | 3,135 | 4,297 | ||
| R | 1,061 | 1,803 | 2,905 | ||
| O | 866 | 622 | 2,724 | ||
| R | 990 | 1,773 | 2,837 | ||
| R | 1,076 | 1,774 | 2,907 | ||
| D | 1,893 | 1,222 | 3,143 | ||
| R | 1,231 | 1,747 | 2,999 | ||
| R | 1,156 | 1,332 | 2,547 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
17.3%
German
15.3%
American
11.7%
English
8.7%
Italian
2.1%
Scottish
2.1%
French
1.2%
African American
2.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 46.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$57,401
Doddridge County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Doddridge County$57,401
West Virginia$59,608
United States$80,734
Doddridge County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.8%
Working age (18–64)16.0%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.9%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Spanish0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Doddridge County, a rural oil-and-gas community of roughly 7,400 in the West Fork River valley, delivered an R+73.3 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in a state that has swung sharply rightward over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-three points.
A median household income of $57,401, a 15% poverty rate, and a 93% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fulton County and Ritchie County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Doddridge County, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Doddridge County, West Virginia voted Republican by 73.3 points (R+73), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,956 votes cast, 374 went Democratic and 2,541 went Republican.
What is Doddridge County, West Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Doddridge County, West Virginia in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 2 times, Republican 31 times, and other 1 times.
When did Doddridge County, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Doddridge County, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Doddridge County, West Virginia?
Doddridge County, West Virginia has a population of 7,711 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Doddridge County, West Virginia?
Median household income in Doddridge County, West Virginia is $57,401 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Doddridge County, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Doddridge County, West Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.