Summers County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
14 precincts · 5,264 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -11 | 154 | 539 | 21 | 714 | 21.6% | 75.5% | R+53.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -2323 | 113 | 530 | 6 | 649 | 17.4% | 81.7% | R+64.3 |
| Precinct -2727 | 90 | 448 | 8 | 546 | 16.5% | 82.1% | R+65.6 |
| Precinct -3030 | 135 | 379 | 7 | 521 | 25.9% | 72.7% | R+46.8 |
| Precinct -2222 | 89 | 366 | 16 | 471 | 18.9% | 77.7% | R+58.8 |
| Precinct -1111 | 146 | 300 | 10 | 456 | 32.0% | 65.8% | R+33.8 |
| Precinct -1515 | 84 | 291 | 4 | 379 | 22.2% | 76.8% | R+54.6 |
| Precinct -1717 | 66 | 229 | 7 | 302 | 21.9% | 75.8% | R+54.0 |
| Precinct -44 | 79 | 198 | 6 | 283 | 27.9% | 70.0% | R+42.0 |
| Precinct -99 | 118 | 139 | 7 | 264 | 44.7% | 52.7% | R+8.0 |
| Precinct -3131 | 57 | 186 | 2 | 245 | 23.3% | 75.9% | R+52.7 |
| Precinct -3232 | 40 | 162 | 6 | 208 | 19.2% | 77.9% | R+58.7 |
| Precinct -1212 | 49 | 142 | 7 | 198 | 24.7% | 71.7% | R+47.0 |
| Precinct -2828 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 21.4% | 78.6% | R+57.1 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +13.6% |
| 1896 | +4.4% |
| 1900 | +2.0% |
| 1904 | +6.4% |
| 1908 | +4.5% |
| 1912 | +31.1% |
| 1916 | +14.5% |
| 1920 | −0.8% |
| 1924 | +11.6% |
| 1928 | −4.0% |
| 1932 | +27.8% |
| 1936 | +24.3% |
| 1940 | +19.8% |
| 1944 | +19.4% |
| 1948 | +24.9% |
| 1952 | +12.1% |
| 1956 | +2.0% |
| 1960 | +19.1% |
| 1964 | +43.9% |
| 1968 | +18.2% |
| 1972 | −21.5% |
| 1976 | +27.3% |
| 1980 | +11.4% |
| 1984 | −5.4% |
| 1988 | +15.8% |
| 1992 | +20.4% |
| 1996 | +20.4% |
| 2000 | −0.1% |
| 2004 | −8.6% |
| 2008 | −11.3% |
| 2012 | −28.7% |
| 2016 | −46.3% |
| 2020 | −47.0% |
| 2024 | −51.4% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 43 points more Democratic.
8,017 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
+50 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −343 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $48,404 in average income, against $54,366 for residents who stayed — 11% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+52.6 on average — 1.2 points more Republican-leaning than Summers County, WV itself (R+51.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Raleigh County, WV38R+54.3
- Mercer County, WV34R+57.3
- Greenbrier County, WV22R+42.2
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Raleigh County, WV41
- Mercer County, WV24
- Monroe 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 | +2 |
| 2012 | +47 |
| 2013 | −171 |
| 2014 | −151 |
| 2015 | −89 |
| 2016 | −75 |
| 2017 | +12 |
| 2018 | −125 |
| 2019 | −39 |
| 2021 | +81 |
| 2022 | +4 |
| 2023 | +23 |
| 2024 | +88 |
| 2025 | +50 |
Summers County, cradled between the New and Greenbrier rivers in West Virginia's southern highlands, swung from a competitive district to a lopsided R+51 result in 2024, mirroring the broader rural realignment that reshaped Appalachian Democrats over roughly 15 years.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 51.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.4 points.
A population of 11,729, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $40,699 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pocahontas County and Clay County.
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Summers County, West Virginia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/54089/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.