Fayette County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
40 precincts · 15,620 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -1111 | 388 | 763 | 29 | 1,180 | 32.9% | 64.7% | R+31.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -5555 | 446 | 635 | 21 | 1,102 | 40.5% | 57.6% | R+17.2 |
| Precinct -6060 | 140 | 617 | 18 | 775 | 18.1% | 79.6% | R+61.5 |
| Precinct -5858 | 120 | 584 | 19 | 723 | 16.6% | 80.8% | R+64.2 |
| Precinct -5252 | 253 | 435 | 18 | 706 | 35.8% | 61.6% | R+25.8 |
| Precinct -7272 | 86 | 519 | 10 | 615 | 14.0% | 84.4% | R+70.4 |
| Precinct -1010 | 180 | 409 | 18 | 607 | 29.7% | 67.4% | R+37.7 |
| Precinct -44 | 160 | 431 | 12 | 603 | 26.5% | 71.5% | R+44.9 |
| Precinct -1515 | 169 | 326 | 9 | 504 | 33.5% | 64.7% | R+31.2 |
| Precinct -6868 | 103 | 358 | 8 | 469 | 22.0% | 76.3% | R+54.4 |
| Precinct -2323 | 152 | 295 | 8 | 455 | 33.4% | 64.8% | R+31.4 |
| Precinct -2828 | 172 | 274 | 7 | 453 | 38.0% | 60.5% | R+22.5 |
| Precinct -4242 | 102 | 330 | 4 | 436 | 23.4% | 75.7% | R+52.3 |
| Precinct -99 | 117 | 285 | 9 | 411 | 28.5% | 69.3% | R+40.9 |
| Precinct -6767 | 85 | 317 | 5 | 407 | 20.9% | 77.9% | R+57.0 |
| Precinct -4646 | 137 | 257 | 6 | 400 | 34.3% | 64.3% | R+30.0 |
| Precinct -1717 | 47 | 331 | 8 | 386 | 12.2% | 85.8% | R+73.6 |
| Precinct -1313 | 105 | 265 | 8 | 378 | 27.8% | 70.1% | R+42.3 |
| Precinct -2929 | 90 | 263 | 8 | 361 | 24.9% | 72.9% | R+47.9 |
| Precinct -7474 | 46 | 305 | 9 | 360 | 12.8% | 84.7% | R+71.9 |
| Precinct -11 | 130 | 213 | 6 | 349 | 37.2% | 61.0% | R+23.8 |
| Precinct -55 | 66 | 254 | 6 | 326 | 20.2% | 77.9% | R+57.7 |
| Precinct -1919 | 99 | 216 | 10 | 325 | 30.5% | 66.5% | R+36.0 |
| Precinct -77 | 96 | 216 | 8 | 320 | 30.0% | 67.5% | R+37.5 |
| Precinct -88 | 62 | 219 | 8 | 289 | 21.5% | 75.8% | R+54.3 |
| Precinct -2626 | 61 | 217 | 9 | 287 | 21.3% | 75.6% | R+54.4 |
| Precinct -6565 | 104 | 168 | 5 | 277 | 37.5% | 60.6% | R+23.1 |
| Precinct -3131 | 78 | 193 | 4 | 275 | 28.4% | 70.2% | R+41.8 |
| Precinct -5656 | 91 | 164 | 7 | 262 | 34.7% | 62.6% | R+27.9 |
| Precinct -5151 | 86 | 148 | 4 | 238 | 36.1% | 62.2% | R+26.1 |
| Precinct -4747 | 98 | 126 | 10 | 234 | 41.9% | 53.8% | R+12.0 |
| Precinct -1414 | 63 | 148 | 4 | 215 | 29.3% | 68.8% | R+39.5 |
| Precinct -4545 | 72 | 118 | 3 | 193 | 37.3% | 61.1% | R+23.8 |
| Precinct -1616 | 34 | 128 | 2 | 164 | 20.7% | 78.0% | R+57.3 |
| Precinct -1818 | 19 | 120 | 1 | 140 | 13.6% | 85.7% | R+72.1 |
| Precinct -7070 | 22 | 98 | 1 | 121 | 18.2% | 81.0% | R+62.8 |
| Precinct -4141 | 45 | 69 | 0 | 114 | 39.5% | 60.5% | R+21.1 |
| Precinct -2424 | 28 | 38 | 1 | 67 | 41.8% | 56.7% | R+14.9 |
| Precinct -7373 | 23 | 37 | 0 | 60 | 38.3% | 61.7% | R+23.3 |
| Precinct -22 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 33 | 36.4% | 63.6% | R+27.3 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −8.4% |
| 1896 | −23.8% |
| 1900 | −24.9% |
| 1904 | −31.2% |
| 1908 | −19.7% |
| 1912 | +9.6% |
| 1916 | −1.2% |
| 1920 | −7.8% |
| 1924 | −4.4% |
| 1928 | −2.4% |
| 1932 | +16.8% |
| 1936 | +45.4% |
| 1940 | +36.7% |
| 1944 | +37.7% |
| 1948 | +48.7% |
| 1952 | +41.6% |
| 1956 | +22.9% |
| 1960 | +41.2% |
| 1964 | +66.3% |
| 1968 | +42.8% |
| 1972 | −8.7% |
| 1976 | +47.9% |
| 1980 | +37.4% |
| 1984 | +22.5% |
| 1988 | +36.2% |
| 1992 | +35.8% |
| 1996 | +39.3% |
| 2000 | +16.9% |
| 2004 | +6.4% |
| 2008 | −2.7% |
| 2012 | −20.8% |
| 2016 | −39.2% |
| 2020 | −38.6% |
| 2024 | −41.8% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 37 points more Democratic.
25,847 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
−58 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −2,783 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $39,657 in average income, against $55,617 for residents who stayed — 29% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+46.0 on average — 4.3 points more Republican-leaning than Fayette County, WV itself (R+41.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Raleigh County, WV168R+54.3
- Kanawha County, WV68R+17.4
- Nicholas County, WV46R+60.2
- Greenbrier County, WV26R+42.2
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Raleigh County, WV224
- Kanawha County, WV98
- Nicholas County, WV43
- Greenbrier County, WV24
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 | −50 |
| 2012 | +15 |
| 2013 | −215 |
| 2014 | −310 |
| 2015 | −298 |
| 2016 | −416 |
| 2017 | −362 |
| 2018 | −357 |
| 2019 | −311 |
| 2021 | −56 |
| 2022 | −214 |
| 2023 | +16 |
| 2024 | −167 |
| 2025 | −58 |
Fayette County's coal-mining heritage once made it a Democratic bedrock in southern West Virginia, but the county has shifted decisively rightward across successive presidential cycles, now returning margins above R+40.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 66.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.8 points.
A population of 39,519, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,194 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson County and Floyd County.
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Fayette County, West Virginia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/54019/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.