Raleigh County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
58 precincts · 30,942 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -44 | 392 | 863 | 29 | 1,284 | 30.5% | 67.2% | R+36.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -4242 | 178 | 906 | 19 | 1,103 | 16.1% | 82.1% | R+66.0 |
| Precinct -2020 | 188 | 863 | 8 | 1,059 | 17.8% | 81.5% | R+63.7 |
| Precinct -5050 | 166 | 837 | 14 | 1,017 | 16.3% | 82.3% | R+66.0 |
| Precinct -5454 | 146 | 847 | 12 | 1,005 | 14.5% | 84.3% | R+69.8 |
| Precinct -2121 | 163 | 785 | 12 | 960 | 17.0% | 81.8% | R+64.8 |
| Precinct -4646 | 122 | 823 | 15 | 960 | 12.7% | 85.7% | R+73.0 |
| Precinct -5252 | 160 | 773 | 14 | 947 | 16.9% | 81.6% | R+64.7 |
| Precinct -5151 | 138 | 781 | 8 | 927 | 14.9% | 84.3% | R+69.4 |
| Precinct -5353 | 227 | 674 | 9 | 910 | 24.9% | 74.1% | R+49.1 |
| Precinct -4141 | 131 | 726 | 17 | 874 | 15.0% | 83.1% | R+68.1 |
| Precinct -77 | 337 | 504 | 22 | 863 | 39.0% | 58.4% | R+19.4 |
| Precinct -1414 | 214 | 577 | 14 | 805 | 26.6% | 71.7% | R+45.1 |
| Precinct -1818 | 189 | 600 | 2 | 791 | 23.9% | 75.9% | R+52.0 |
| Precinct -3939 | 139 | 632 | 16 | 787 | 17.7% | 80.3% | R+62.6 |
| Precinct -4848 | 97 | 583 | 14 | 694 | 14.0% | 84.0% | R+70.0 |
| Precinct -4949 | 78 | 559 | 4 | 641 | 12.2% | 87.2% | R+75.0 |
| Precinct -3636 | 69 | 561 | 6 | 636 | 10.8% | 88.2% | R+77.4 |
| Precinct -3030 | 54 | 547 | 8 | 609 | 8.9% | 89.8% | R+81.0 |
| Precinct -88 | 224 | 356 | 13 | 593 | 37.8% | 60.0% | R+22.3 |
| Precinct -33 | 213 | 362 | 12 | 587 | 36.3% | 61.7% | R+25.4 |
| Precinct -5555 | 83 | 485 | 11 | 579 | 14.3% | 83.8% | R+69.4 |
| Precinct -4040 | 141 | 427 | 8 | 576 | 24.5% | 74.1% | R+49.7 |
| Precinct -2222 | 102 | 455 | 10 | 567 | 18.0% | 80.2% | R+62.3 |
| Precinct -55 | 172 | 373 | 9 | 554 | 31.0% | 67.3% | R+36.3 |
| Precinct -99 | 391 | 147 | 6 | 544 | 71.9% | 27.0% | D+44.9 |
| Precinct -1919 | 80 | 451 | 9 | 540 | 14.8% | 83.5% | R+68.7 |
| Precinct -4747 | 52 | 483 | 2 | 537 | 9.7% | 89.9% | R+80.3 |
| Precinct -1717 | 129 | 357 | 10 | 496 | 26.0% | 72.0% | R+46.0 |
| Precinct -3434 | 40 | 441 | 5 | 486 | 8.2% | 90.7% | R+82.5 |
| Precinct -3535 | 61 | 415 | 1 | 477 | 12.8% | 87.0% | R+74.2 |
| Precinct -1111 | 148 | 304 | 23 | 475 | 31.2% | 64.0% | R+32.8 |
| Precinct -2323 | 133 | 326 | 14 | 473 | 28.1% | 68.9% | R+40.8 |
| Precinct -1010 | 219 | 234 | 12 | 465 | 47.1% | 50.3% | R+3.2 |
| Precinct -4343 | 92 | 366 | 4 | 462 | 19.9% | 79.2% | R+59.3 |
| Precinct -3232 | 86 | 365 | 6 | 457 | 18.8% | 79.9% | R+61.1 |
| Precinct -2424 | 102 | 336 | 11 | 449 | 22.7% | 74.8% | R+52.1 |
| Precinct -2525 | 90 | 294 | 9 | 393 | 22.9% | 74.8% | R+51.9 |
| Precinct -3333 | 29 | 355 | 9 | 393 | 7.4% | 90.3% | R+83.0 |
| Precinct -5757 | 42 | 326 | 4 | 372 | 11.3% | 87.6% | R+76.3 |
| Precinct -3131 | 38 | 299 | 3 | 340 | 11.2% | 87.9% | R+76.8 |
| Precinct -22 | 193 | 122 | 6 | 321 | 60.1% | 38.0% | D+22.1 |
| Precinct -1616 | 83 | 222 | 10 | 315 | 26.3% | 70.5% | R+44.1 |
| Precinct -5656 | 30 | 278 | 6 | 314 | 9.6% | 88.5% | R+79.0 |
| Precinct -2727 | 25 | 268 | 5 | 298 | 8.4% | 89.9% | R+81.5 |
| Precinct -11 | 131 | 144 | 6 | 281 | 46.6% | 51.2% | R+4.6 |
| Precinct -1313 | 84 | 183 | 11 | 278 | 30.2% | 65.8% | R+35.6 |
| Precinct -4444 | 49 | 203 | 2 | 254 | 19.3% | 79.9% | R+60.6 |
| Precinct -2828 | 37 | 205 | 5 | 247 | 15.0% | 83.0% | R+68.0 |
| Precinct -66 | 157 | 76 | 12 | 245 | 64.1% | 31.0% | D+33.1 |
| Precinct -4545 | 23 | 129 | 3 | 155 | 14.8% | 83.2% | R+68.4 |
| Precinct -2626 | 35 | 98 | 1 | 134 | 26.1% | 73.1% | R+47.0 |
| Precinct -3838 | 22 | 96 | 0 | 118 | 18.6% | 81.4% | R+62.7 |
| Precinct -3737 | 34 | 78 | 0 | 112 | 30.4% | 69.6% | R+39.3 |
| Precinct -2929 | 9 | 64 | 3 | 76 | 11.8% | 84.2% | R+72.4 |
| Precinct -5858 | 16 | 42 | 1 | 59 | 27.1% | 71.2% | R+44.1 |
| Precinct -1212 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 41 | 43.9% | 53.7% | R+9.8 |
| Precinct -7A7A | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 42.9% | 57.1% | R+14.3 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +5.1% |
| 1896 | −2.1% |
| 1900 | −10.3% |
| 1904 | −13.6% |
| 1908 | −13.9% |
| 1912 | +22.2% |
| 1916 | −6.5% |
| 1920 | −12.8% |
| 1924 | −5.0% |
| 1928 | −5.5% |
| 1932 | +14.8% |
| 1936 | +43.4% |
| 1940 | +32.6% |
| 1944 | +27.1% |
| 1948 | +30.7% |
| 1952 | +23.7% |
| 1956 | −0.2% |
| 1960 | +25.7% |
| 1964 | +54.5% |
| 1968 | +30.4% |
| 1972 | −28.8% |
| 1976 | +30.0% |
| 1980 | +21.7% |
| 1984 | −0.4% |
| 1988 | +15.8% |
| 1992 | +17.7% |
| 1996 | +16.6% |
| 2000 | −6.4% |
| 2004 | −22.0% |
| 2008 | −25.9% |
| 2012 | −44.6% |
| 2016 | −52.2% |
| 2020 | −50.4% |
| 2024 | −54.3% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 33 points more Democratic.
49,878 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
+14 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −4,521 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $46,785 in average income, against $65,541 for residents who stayed — 29% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+44.0 on average — 10 points more Democratic-leaning than Raleigh County, WV itself (R+54.3).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Fayette County, WV224R+41.8
- Kanawha County, WV59R+17.4
- Mercer County, WV59R+57.3
- Wyoming County, WV55R+73.0
- Summers County, WV41R+51.4
- Greenbrier County, WV34R+42.2
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Fayette County, WV168
- Kanawha County, WV82
- Mercer County, WV57
- Wyoming County, WV46
- Summers County, WV38
- Monongalia County, WV32
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 | +315 |
| 2012 | −135 |
| 2013 | −363 |
| 2014 | −616 |
| 2015 | −670 |
| 2016 | −862 |
| 2017 | −1,032 |
| 2018 | −580 |
| 2019 | −473 |
| 2021 | −37 |
| 2022 | −235 |
| 2023 | +67 |
| 2024 | +86 |
| 2025 | +14 |
Raleigh County sits in the heart of southern West Virginia's former coal belt, and its electorate has shifted sharply rightward over the past two decades — posting R+54.3 in 2024 in a county that once backed Democrats reliably.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 54.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.3 points.
A population of 73,195, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,150 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wyoming County and Putnam County.
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Raleigh County, West Virginia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/54081/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.