akashic
1876–2024
Grant County, West Virginia
Grant County·West Virginia

Grant 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
Grant County, West Virginia · Antony-22 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+79
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
10,983
2024 ACS
Most similar
Putnam County
OH · similarity 1.00
14 precincts · 5,568 votes cast
Trump · R+79
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−79.0%
5524,9495,568
2020R
−77.4%
6074,8715,510
2016R
−77.2%
5124,3464,965
2012R
−66.8%
7183,7834,588
2008R
−51.4%
9973,1664,218
2004R
−61.4%
9634,0635,047
2000R
−59.1%
8913,5714,534
1996R
−32.4%
1,2062,5994,297
1992R
−40.7%
1,0112,7624,298
1988R
−56.2%
8933,2154,130
1984R
−63.4%
8283,7154,554
1980R
−52.5%
1,0413,4524,591
1976R
−38.5%
1,3232,9764,299
1972R
−70.6%
6143,5564,170
1968R
−54.0%
7862,9363,978
1964R
−24.5%
1,4942,4643,958
1960R
−57.2%
9083,3334,241
1956R
−68.6%
6343,4084,042
1952R
−65.9%
6743,2823,956
1948R
−61.8%
6642,8163,484
1944R
−68.0%
5702,9963,566
1940R
−57.7%
8573,1954,052
1936R
−49.1%
9952,9233,923
1932R
−45.4%
9202,4773,433
1928R
−65.9%
5422,6483,197
1924R
−54.3%
6582,3443,105
1920R
−65.4%
4922,4172,942
1916R
−57.1%
3911,4381,834
1912D
+0.4%
3563491,743
1908R
−58.0%
3361,3051,670
1904R
−60.4%
3121,2981,632
1900D
+57.1%
1,3553671,730
1896R
−55.3%
3721,3061,689
1892R
−48.2%
4001,1551,566
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
1.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Baptist
8.3%
Methodist
7.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.1%
Other Christian
7.1%
Mainline Protestant
4.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grant County's R+79 margin in 2024 places it among the most heavily Republican-leaning jurisdictions in the country, reflecting a broader Appalachian realignment that has reshaped mountain West Virginia over the past two decades.

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

Grant County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,361, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,983 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 Putnam County and McMullen County.