Hancock County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
24 precincts · 13,030 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -2525 | 236 | 592 | 13 | 841 | 28.1% | 70.4% | R+42.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -88 | 118 | 642 | 13 | 773 | 15.3% | 83.1% | R+67.8 |
| Precinct -1717 | 251 | 508 | 10 | 769 | 32.6% | 66.1% | R+33.4 |
| Precinct -66 | 122 | 635 | 6 | 763 | 16.0% | 83.2% | R+67.2 |
| Precinct -1212 | 161 | 527 | 14 | 702 | 22.9% | 75.1% | R+52.1 |
| Precinct -2020 | 226 | 454 | 7 | 687 | 32.9% | 66.1% | R+33.2 |
| Precinct -2828 | 194 | 431 | 11 | 636 | 30.5% | 67.8% | R+37.3 |
| Precinct -2424 | 181 | 432 | 9 | 622 | 29.1% | 69.5% | R+40.4 |
| Precinct -99 | 96 | 469 | 6 | 571 | 16.8% | 82.1% | R+65.3 |
| Precinct -1313 | 127 | 422 | 11 | 560 | 22.7% | 75.4% | R+52.7 |
| Precinct -2727 | 166 | 384 | 10 | 560 | 29.6% | 68.6% | R+38.9 |
| Precinct -33 | 117 | 437 | 5 | 559 | 20.9% | 78.2% | R+57.2 |
| Precinct -2121 | 148 | 400 | 6 | 554 | 26.7% | 72.2% | R+45.5 |
| Precinct -2222 | 169 | 329 | 6 | 504 | 33.5% | 65.3% | R+31.7 |
| Precinct -11 | 116 | 355 | 12 | 483 | 24.0% | 73.5% | R+49.5 |
| Precinct -1111 | 71 | 387 | 8 | 466 | 15.2% | 83.0% | R+67.8 |
| Precinct -1919 | 154 | 304 | 8 | 466 | 33.0% | 65.2% | R+32.2 |
| Precinct -1414 | 126 | 279 | 6 | 411 | 30.7% | 67.9% | R+37.2 |
| Precinct -1010 | 90 | 298 | 17 | 405 | 22.2% | 73.6% | R+51.4 |
| Precinct -22 | 101 | 290 | 7 | 398 | 25.4% | 72.9% | R+47.5 |
| Precinct -55 | 83 | 269 | 7 | 359 | 23.1% | 74.9% | R+51.8 |
| Precinct -1616 | 149 | 173 | 8 | 330 | 45.2% | 52.4% | R+7.3 |
| Precinct -2323 | 100 | 225 | 4 | 329 | 30.4% | 68.4% | R+38.0 |
| Precinct -77 | 58 | 220 | 4 | 282 | 20.6% | 78.0% | R+57.4 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −7.0% |
| 1896 | −17.7% |
| 1900 | −20.2% |
| 1904 | −31.5% |
| 1908 | −23.5% |
| 1912 | −1.5% |
| 1916 | −22.2% |
| 1920 | −30.5% |
| 1924 | −48.7% |
| 1928 | −48.5% |
| 1932 | +3.0% |
| 1936 | +32.3% |
| 1940 | +26.0% |
| 1944 | +26.2% |
| 1948 | +28.4% |
| 1952 | +20.0% |
| 1956 | +4.2% |
| 1960 | +16.4% |
| 1964 | +47.3% |
| 1968 | +21.2% |
| 1972 | −22.5% |
| 1976 | +22.2% |
| 1980 | +13.2% |
| 1984 | +8.6% |
| 1988 | +17.2% |
| 1992 | +26.2% |
| 1996 | +23.2% |
| 2000 | −1.6% |
| 2004 | −2.7% |
| 2008 | −15.2% |
| 2012 | −21.4% |
| 2016 | −44.1% |
| 2020 | −43.6% |
| 2024 | −46.8% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 32 points more Democratic.
18,633 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
−27 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −583 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $48,480 in average income, against $65,942 for residents who stayed — 26% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+31.4 on average — 15 points more Democratic-leaning than Hancock County, WV itself (R+46.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Brooke County, WV126R+44.6
- Jefferson County, OH95R+43.9
- Allegheny County, PA65D+20.3
- Columbiana County, OH62R+49.0
- Washington County, PA41R+25.5
- Beaver County, PA33R+20.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Brooke County, WV137
- Jefferson County, OH92
- Columbiana County, OH74
- Allegheny County, PA57
- Beaver County, PA29
- Washington County, PA23
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 | +18 |
| 2012 | −56 |
| 2013 | +15 |
| 2014 | −7 |
| 2015 | −142 |
| 2016 | −190 |
| 2017 | −27 |
| 2018 | −114 |
| 2019 | −59 |
| 2021 | −113 |
| 2022 | −32 |
| 2023 | +128 |
| 2024 | +23 |
| 2025 | −27 |
Hancock County sits in a narrow panhandle where West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania converge, and its electorate has shifted decisively toward Republican margins over the past decade, reflecting broader deindustrialization trends across the tri-state region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 48.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.8 points.
A population of 28,431, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,466 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lawrence County and Brooke County.
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Hancock County, West Virginia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/54029/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.