Nicholas County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
28 precincts · 10,037 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -1818 | 195 | 608 | 11 | 814 | 24.0% | 74.7% | R+50.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -2121 | 164 | 573 | 13 | 750 | 21.9% | 76.4% | R+54.5 |
| Precinct -3333 | 114 | 590 | 8 | 712 | 16.0% | 82.9% | R+66.9 |
| Precinct -3535 | 108 | 510 | 20 | 638 | 16.9% | 79.9% | R+63.0 |
| Precinct -2929 | 112 | 457 | 14 | 583 | 19.2% | 78.4% | R+59.2 |
| Precinct -1717 | 84 | 390 | 5 | 479 | 17.5% | 81.4% | R+63.9 |
| Precinct -2020 | 112 | 357 | 9 | 478 | 23.4% | 74.7% | R+51.3 |
| Precinct -11 | 85 | 371 | 7 | 463 | 18.4% | 80.1% | R+61.8 |
| Precinct -1414 | 94 | 339 | 2 | 435 | 21.6% | 77.9% | R+56.3 |
| Precinct -1616 | 62 | 361 | 8 | 431 | 14.4% | 83.8% | R+69.4 |
| Precinct -1515 | 68 | 338 | 2 | 408 | 16.7% | 82.8% | R+66.2 |
| Precinct -22 | 70 | 280 | 4 | 354 | 19.8% | 79.1% | R+59.3 |
| Precinct -2828 | 45 | 290 | 4 | 339 | 13.3% | 85.5% | R+72.3 |
| Precinct -1919 | 63 | 256 | 6 | 325 | 19.4% | 78.8% | R+59.4 |
| Precinct -55 | 82 | 202 | 5 | 289 | 28.4% | 69.9% | R+41.5 |
| Precinct -2626 | 46 | 227 | 3 | 276 | 16.7% | 82.2% | R+65.6 |
| Precinct -1313 | 32 | 221 | 5 | 258 | 12.4% | 85.7% | R+73.3 |
| Precinct -3232 | 29 | 205 | 8 | 242 | 12.0% | 84.7% | R+72.7 |
| Precinct -33 | 37 | 194 | 3 | 234 | 15.8% | 82.9% | R+67.1 |
| Precinct -77 | 68 | 146 | 3 | 217 | 31.3% | 67.3% | R+35.9 |
| Precinct -2727 | 35 | 168 | 1 | 204 | 17.2% | 82.4% | R+65.2 |
| Precinct -3030 | 40 | 159 | 1 | 200 | 20.0% | 79.5% | R+59.5 |
| Precinct -88 | 54 | 136 | 4 | 194 | 27.8% | 70.1% | R+42.3 |
| Precinct -2525 | 31 | 147 | 3 | 181 | 17.1% | 81.2% | R+64.1 |
| Precinct -3131 | 24 | 147 | 3 | 174 | 13.8% | 84.5% | R+70.7 |
| Precinct -3636 | 19 | 126 | 2 | 147 | 12.9% | 85.7% | R+72.8 |
| Precinct -99 | 32 | 74 | 2 | 108 | 29.6% | 68.5% | R+38.9 |
| Precinct -2323 | 14 | 88 | 2 | 104 | 13.5% | 84.6% | R+71.2 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +17.4% |
| 1896 | +14.4% |
| 1900 | +8.6% |
| 1904 | −0.6% |
| 1908 | −1.8% |
| 1912 | +35.4% |
| 1916 | +9.0% |
| 1920 | −1.7% |
| 1924 | +8.2% |
| 1928 | −5.6% |
| 1932 | +18.1% |
| 1936 | +19.3% |
| 1940 | +10.5% |
| 1944 | +13.8% |
| 1948 | +19.3% |
| 1952 | +12.3% |
| 1956 | −3.8% |
| 1960 | +14.7% |
| 1964 | +44.7% |
| 1968 | +12.6% |
| 1972 | −23.9% |
| 1976 | +28.6% |
| 1980 | +14.5% |
| 1984 | −0.7% |
| 1988 | +16.1% |
| 1992 | +21.9% |
| 1996 | +24.8% |
| 2000 | −3.5% |
| 2004 | −6.7% |
| 2008 | −4.8% |
| 2012 | −36.8% |
| 2016 | −56.5% |
| 2020 | −56.9% |
| 2024 | −60.2% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 39 points more Democratic.
15,368 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
+72 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −1,058 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $50,885 in average income, against $60,953 for residents who stayed — 17% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+52.8 on average — 7.4 points more Democratic-leaning than Nicholas County, WV itself (R+60.2).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Fayette County, WV43R+41.8
- Webster County, WV34R+66.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Fayette County, WV46
- Webster County, WV37
- Kanawha County, WV32
- Monongalia County, WV22
- Raleigh County, WV21
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 | +8 |
| 2012 | +48 |
| 2013 | −229 |
| 2014 | −190 |
| 2015 | −117 |
| 2016 | −165 |
| 2017 | −159 |
| 2018 | −202 |
| 2019 | −233 |
| 2021 | −1 |
| 2022 | +71 |
| 2023 | +4 |
| 2024 | +35 |
| 2025 | +72 |
Nicholas County, anchored by the small city of Summersville, sits in the Appalachian coalfields and has moved from a competitive swing county in the early 2000s to recording some of West Virginia's widest Republican presidential margins by 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 60.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.2 points.
A population of 24,277, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,639 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clay County and Webster County.
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Nicholas County, West Virginia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/54067/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.