Wetzel County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
21 precincts · 6,168 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -4343 | 140 | 367 | 21 | 528 | 26.5% | 69.5% | R+43.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -4242 | 117 | 359 | 6 | 482 | 24.3% | 74.5% | R+50.2 |
| Precinct -5050 | 93 | 339 | 15 | 447 | 20.8% | 75.8% | R+55.0 |
| Precinct -1616 | 46 | 369 | 9 | 424 | 10.8% | 87.0% | R+76.2 |
| Precinct -2121 | 67 | 338 | 10 | 415 | 16.1% | 81.4% | R+65.3 |
| Precinct -3939 | 85 | 315 | 7 | 407 | 20.9% | 77.4% | R+56.5 |
| Precinct -1010 | 76 | 310 | 16 | 402 | 18.9% | 77.1% | R+58.2 |
| Precinct -4848 | 106 | 244 | 8 | 358 | 29.6% | 68.2% | R+38.5 |
| Precinct -4545 | 55 | 267 | 8 | 330 | 16.7% | 80.9% | R+64.2 |
| Precinct -4444 | 84 | 228 | 6 | 318 | 26.4% | 71.7% | R+45.3 |
| Precinct -3333 | 92 | 209 | 6 | 307 | 30.0% | 68.1% | R+38.1 |
| Precinct -3838 | 66 | 216 | 12 | 294 | 22.4% | 73.5% | R+51.0 |
| Precinct -44 | 49 | 195 | 5 | 249 | 19.7% | 78.3% | R+58.6 |
| Precinct -2929 | 47 | 181 | 3 | 231 | 20.3% | 78.4% | R+58.0 |
| Precinct -1111 | 28 | 161 | 6 | 195 | 14.4% | 82.6% | R+68.2 |
| Precinct -3636 | 42 | 109 | 3 | 154 | 27.3% | 70.8% | R+43.5 |
| Precinct -1212 | 19 | 125 | 3 | 147 | 12.9% | 85.0% | R+72.1 |
| Precinct -4040 | 24 | 112 | 1 | 137 | 17.5% | 81.8% | R+64.2 |
| Precinct -1515 | 25 | 98 | 2 | 125 | 20.0% | 78.4% | R+58.4 |
| Precinct -1818 | 23 | 88 | 3 | 114 | 20.2% | 77.2% | R+57.0 |
| Precinct -2727 | 10 | 88 | 6 | 104 | 9.6% | 84.6% | R+75.0 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +17.6% |
| 1896 | +19.8% |
| 1900 | +12.1% |
| 1904 | +6.2% |
| 1908 | +12.1% |
| 1912 | +34.4% |
| 1916 | +18.5% |
| 1920 | +6.2% |
| 1924 | +17.6% |
| 1928 | −4.4% |
| 1932 | +29.0% |
| 1936 | +26.2% |
| 1940 | +11.4% |
| 1944 | +9.2% |
| 1948 | +14.7% |
| 1952 | −1.1% |
| 1956 | −13.8% |
| 1960 | −8.5% |
| 1964 | +32.0% |
| 1968 | −0.9% |
| 1972 | −29.7% |
| 1976 | +14.1% |
| 1980 | +5.6% |
| 1984 | −13.1% |
| 1988 | +7.4% |
| 1992 | +19.5% |
| 1996 | +18.7% |
| 2000 | −6.2% |
| 2004 | −4.6% |
| 2008 | −6.2% |
| 2012 | −21.4% |
| 2016 | −50.1% |
| 2020 | −51.8% |
| 2024 | −55.5% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 48 points more Democratic.
9,888 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
−28 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −1,178 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $40,418 in average income, against $80,211 for residents who stayed — 50% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+62.1 on average — 6.6 points more Republican-leaning than Wetzel County, WV itself (R+55.5).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Tyler County, WV62R+67.4
- Marshall County, WV27R+50.0
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Tyler County, WV55
- Marshall County, WV34
- Monongalia County, WV25
- Ohio County, WV22
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 | −131 |
| 2012 | +44 |
| 2013 | −177 |
| 2014 | −96 |
| 2015 | −136 |
| 2016 | −122 |
| 2017 | −144 |
| 2018 | −72 |
| 2019 | −91 |
| 2021 | −83 |
| 2022 | −40 |
| 2023 | +32 |
| 2024 | −134 |
| 2025 | −28 |
Wetzel County, tucked along the Ohio River in the Northern Panhandle, has shifted from a historically Democratic coal-and-gas community to one of the state's most lopsided Republican counties, with the 2024 presidential margin exceeding 55 points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 55.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.5 points.
A population of 14,078, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,836 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Perry County and Clay County.
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Wetzel County, West Virginia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/54103/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.