Wheeling, WV-OH, West Virginia
Akashic| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 70.1% | 44,159 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 28.6% | 17,993 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Independent | 1.3% | 807 |
County-level results (3 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Belmont County, OH | Republican | R+47.3 |
| Marshall County, WV | Republican | R+50.0 |
| Ohio County, WV | Republican | R+26.0 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 28.6%Harris17,993 | 70.1%Trump44,159 | 1.3%Kennedy807 | 62,959 | ||
| R | 29.5%Biden19,816 | 69.1%Trump46,349 | 1.3%Jorgensen903 | 67,068 | ||
| R | 27.1%Clinton17,196 | 66.1%Trump41,913 | 6.8%Johnson4,306 | 63,415 | ||
| R | 40.3%Obama25,426 | 56.5%Romney35,661 | 3.2%Johnson2,013 | 63,100 | ||
| R | 46.8%Obama30,891 | 51.3%McCain33,875 | 2.0%Nader1,310 | 66,076 | ||
| R | 47.3%Kerry32,554 | 52.0%Bush35,799 | 0.6%Nader433 | 68,786 | ||
| D | 48.1%Gore29,633 | 47.2%Bush29,091 | 4.7%Nader2,879 | 61,603 | ||
| D | 53.5%Clinton33,531 | 31.8%Dole19,940 | 14.6%Perot9,159 | 62,630 | ||
| D | 51.0%Clinton35,347 | 29.6%Bush20,498 | 19.4%Perot13,428 | 69,273 | ||
| D | 55.8%Dukakis37,539 | 43.6%Bush29,348 | 0.7%Fulani443 | 67,330 | ||
| D | 50.0%Mondale37,568 | 49.6%Reagan37,232 | 0.4%Richards334 | 75,134 | ||
| D | 49.4%Carter35,458 | 44.9%Reagan32,267 | 5.7%Anderson4,088 | 71,813 | ||
| D | 55.6%Carter41,620 | 43.7%Ford32,731 | 0.7%McCarthy507 | 74,858 | ||
| R | 40.0%McGovern31,669 | 59.4%Nixon47,029 | 0.6%Schmitz450 | 79,148 | ||
| D | 54.6%Humphrey45,531 | 38.2%Nixon31,837 | 7.2%Wallace6,021 | 83,389 | ||
| D | 68.7%Johnson61,115 | 31.3%Goldwater27,874 | 0.0% | 88,989 | ||
| D | 53.5%Kennedy51,425 | 46.5%Nixon44,660 | 0.0% | 96,085 | ||
| R | 43.4%Stevenson39,645 | 56.6%Eisenhower51,618 | 0.0% | 91,263 | ||
| D | 51.3%Stevenson49,994 | 48.7%Eisenhower47,539 | 0.0% | 97,533 | ||
| D | 56.4%Truman48,201 | 42.2%Dewey36,026 | 1.4%Thurmond1,185 | 85,412 | ||
| D | 55.3%Roosevelt48,712 | 44.7%Dewey39,450 | 0.0% | 88,162 | ||
| D | 56.8%Roosevelt59,231 | 43.2%Willkie45,102 | 0.0% | 104,333 | ||
| D | 63.0%Roosevelt62,642 | 36.4%Landon36,221 | 0.6%Lemke617 | 99,480 | ||
| D | 53.6%Roosevelt46,910 | 43.7%Hoover38,281 | 2.7%Thomas2,334 | 87,525 | ||
| R | 37.5%Smith30,724 | 61.3%Hoover50,237 | 1.3%Thomas1,034 | 81,995 | ||
| R | 30.8%Davis21,537 | 54.6%Coolidge38,193 | 14.7%La Follette10,273 | 70,003 | ||
| R | 41.6%Cox28,439 | 55.1%Harding37,704 | 3.3%Debs2,280 | 68,423 | ||
| R | 44.8%Wilson16,982 | 49.0%Hughes18,574 | 6.2%Benson2,347 | 37,903 | ||
| D | 37.9%Wilson13,588 | 30.2%Taft10,833 | 31.9%Roosevelt11,420 | 35,841 | ||
| R | 43.9%Bryan16,745 | 50.3%Taft19,185 | 5.7%Debs2,175 | 38,105 | ||
| R | 35.2%Parker12,044 | 58.0%Roosevelt19,865 | 6.9%Debs2,355 | 34,264 | ||
| R | 40.9%Bryan13,777 | 56.7%McKinley19,100 | 2.5%Woolley833 | 33,710 | ||
| R | 42.3%Bryan13,537 | 56.1%McKinley17,981 | 1.6%Palmer510 | 32,028 | ||
| R | 46.2%Cleveland13,151 | 49.1%Harrison13,957 | 4.7%Weaver1,342 | 28,450 |
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −2.8% |
| 1896 | −13.9% |
| 1900 | −15.8% |
| 1904 | −22.8% |
| 1908 | −6.4% |
| 1912 | +7.7% |
| 1916 | −4.2% |
| 1920 | −13.5% |
| 1924 | −23.8% |
| 1928 | −23.8% |
| 1932 | +9.9% |
| 1936 | +26.6% |
| 1940 | +13.5% |
| 1944 | +10.5% |
| 1948 | +14.3% |
| 1952 | +2.5% |
| 1956 | −13.1% |
| 1960 | +7.0% |
| 1964 | +37.4% |
| 1968 | +16.4% |
| 1972 | −19.4% |
| 1976 | +11.9% |
| 1980 | +4.4% |
| 1984 | +0.4% |
| 1988 | +12.2% |
| 1992 | +21.4% |
| 1996 | +21.7% |
| 2000 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | −4.7% |
| 2008 | −4.5% |
| 2012 | −16.2% |
| 2016 | −39.0% |
| 2020 | −39.6% |
| 2024 | −41.6% |
Once a Democratic stronghold anchored by steel and glass manufacturing, the Wheeling metro has shifted sharply toward Republican margins over the past two decades as union-household share fell and working-class realignment accelerated across the Upper Ohio Valley.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.6 points.
A population of 136,920, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,510 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH and Hermitage, PA.
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