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1876–2024
Doddridge County, West Virginia
Doddridge County·West Virginia

Doddridge County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of West Virginia's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Doddridge County, West Virginia · Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+73
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
7,711
2024 ACS
Most similar
Fulton County
PA · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 2,956 votes cast
Trump · R+73
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−73.3%
3742,5412,956
2020R
−70.4%
4352,6193,101
2016R
−69.7%
3622,3582,863
2012R
−56.1%
5752,1302,774
2008R
−49.1%
7352,2183,018
2004R
−49.1%
8002,3623,179
2000R
−42.0%
7731,9552,816
1996R
−18.1%
8651,3352,595
1992R
−17.8%
9681,5002,992
1988R
−32.5%
9551,8802,847
1984R
−47.2%
8362,3433,195
1980R
−27.7%
1,0431,8883,051
1976R
−18.3%
1,2451,8043,049
1972R
−56.0%
6452,2842,929
1968R
−35.7%
8441,8612,851
1964D
+0.2%
1,5871,5813,168
1960R
−39.0%
1,0532,4023,455
1956R
−47.0%
9352,5943,529
1952R
−45.0%
1,0402,7413,781
1948R
−35.2%
1,1662,4333,599
1944R
−44.6%
1,0002,6113,611
1940R
−37.6%
1,4953,2934,788
1936R
−27.6%
1,7163,0234,744
1932R
−17.7%
1,9432,7804,723
1928R
−41.7%
1,2022,9194,121
1924R
−26.7%
1,5942,7774,429
1920R
−46.5%
1,1373,1354,297
1916R
−25.5%
1,0611,8032,905
1912D
+9.0%
8666222,724
1908R
−27.6%
9901,7732,837
1904R
−24.0%
1,0761,7742,907
1900D
+21.3%
1,8931,2223,143
1896R
−17.2%
1,2311,7472,999
1892R
−6.9%
1,1561,3322,547
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
2.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
11.6%
Baptist
6.2%
Methodist
4.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.4%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Doddridge County, a rural oil-and-gas community of roughly 7,400 in the West Fork River valley, delivered an R+73.3 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in a state that has swung sharply rightward over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Doddridge County reached its widest at seventy-three points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was seventy-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Doddridge County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $57,401, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 7,711 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fulton County and Ritchie County.