Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
16 precincts · 3,901 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -33 | 126 | 309 | 10 | 445 | 28.3% | 69.4% | R+41.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -1313 | 97 | 290 | 10 | 397 | 24.4% | 73.0% | R+48.6 |
| Precinct -2727 | 87 | 264 | 13 | 364 | 23.9% | 72.5% | R+48.6 |
| Precinct -1010 | 107 | 226 | 9 | 342 | 31.3% | 66.1% | R+34.8 |
| Precinct -2323 | 58 | 263 | 6 | 327 | 17.7% | 80.4% | R+62.7 |
| Precinct -1212 | 38 | 211 | 4 | 253 | 15.0% | 83.4% | R+68.4 |
| Precinct -1515 | 95 | 141 | 3 | 239 | 39.7% | 59.0% | R+19.2 |
| Precinct -22 | 29 | 198 | 1 | 228 | 12.7% | 86.8% | R+74.1 |
| Precinct -11 | 20 | 181 | 2 | 203 | 9.9% | 89.2% | R+79.3 |
| Precinct -66 | 45 | 143 | 6 | 194 | 23.2% | 73.7% | R+50.5 |
| Precinct -1818 | 37 | 151 | 2 | 190 | 19.5% | 79.5% | R+60.0 |
| Precinct -2121 | 35 | 144 | 2 | 181 | 19.3% | 79.6% | R+60.2 |
| Precinct -2626 | 45 | 114 | 4 | 163 | 27.6% | 69.9% | R+42.3 |
| Precinct -2929 | 48 | 101 | 9 | 158 | 30.4% | 63.9% | R+33.5 |
| Precinct -2222 | 28 | 91 | 2 | 121 | 23.1% | 75.2% | R+52.1 |
| Precinct -44 | 32 | 62 | 2 | 96 | 33.3% | 64.6% | R+31.3 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +27.3% |
| 1896 | +21.6% |
| 1900 | +11.5% |
| 1904 | −1.6% |
| 1908 | −12.6% |
| 1912 | +26.2% |
| 1916 | +8.7% |
| 1920 | −5.5% |
| 1924 | −0.1% |
| 1928 | −11.6% |
| 1932 | +14.7% |
| 1936 | +18.2% |
| 1940 | +11.1% |
| 1944 | +10.6% |
| 1948 | +7.4% |
| 1952 | −1.8% |
| 1956 | −7.4% |
| 1960 | +6.7% |
| 1964 | +31.8% |
| 1968 | −2.1% |
| 1972 | −18.8% |
| 1976 | +14.5% |
| 1980 | +3.7% |
| 1984 | −13.1% |
| 1988 | +2.1% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +15.9% |
| 2000 | −16.7% |
| 2004 | −18.4% |
| 2008 | −12.7% |
| 2012 | −24.5% |
| 2016 | −42.7% |
| 2020 | −46.1% |
| 2024 | −50.3% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 30 points more Democratic.
5,498 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
+43 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −121 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $48,176 in average income, against $56,069 for residents who stayed — 14% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 | +111 |
| 2012 | −118 |
| 2013 | +3 |
| 2014 | +8 |
| 2015 | −52 |
| 2016 | −28 |
| 2017 | −30 |
| 2018 | −41 |
| 2019 | −108 |
| 2021 | +72 |
| 2022 | −7 |
| 2023 | +37 |
| 2024 | −11 |
| 2025 | +43 |
Pocahontas County sits along the Allegheny Highlands, its sparse population spread across one of West Virginia's largest land areas. Presidential margins here have shifted roughly 40 points toward Republicans over the past two decades, tracking the state's broader rural realignment.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 50.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.3 points.
A population of 7,784, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,119 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Summers County and Clay County.
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Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/54075/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.