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

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

Wheeling's home county shifted 18 points toward Republicans from 2012 to 2024

18762024·38 elections
Ohio County, West Virginia · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+26
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
41,582
2024 ACS
Most similar
Tucker County
WV · similarity 0.99
36 precincts · 18,689 votes cast
Trump · R+26
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−26.0%
6,72711,59318,689
2020R
−25.8%
7,22312,35419,900
2016R
−31.0%
5,49311,13918,214
2012R
−22.2%
6,78610,76817,959
2008R
−10.8%
8,59310,69419,540
2004R
−15.5%
8,54311,69420,392
2000R
−10.9%
7,6539,60717,964
1996D
+8.3%
8,7817,26718,206
1992D
+10.2%
9,5227,42120,633
1988R
−1.1%
10,12110,34120,578
1984R
−13.9%
10,16313,44723,662
1980R
−1.8%
10,97311,41423,873
1976R
−2.7%
11,81712,47624,293
1972R
−27.5%
10,49118,43528,926
1968D
+6.5%
15,02613,07330,263
1964D
+27.6%
21,17812,00633,184
1960D
+3.0%
18,42317,36735,790
1956R
−25.4%
13,19122,16535,356
1952R
−10.9%
16,54620,57537,121
1948D
+3.7%
16,99515,75733,147
1944D
+3.8%
17,44516,16533,610
1940D
+9.1%
21,71318,07339,786
1936D
+24.9%
22,89913,74336,758
1932D
+8.0%
18,62515,83634,993
1928R
−20.7%
13,13220,06433,415
1924R
−21.2%
8,75314,40226,626
1920R
−20.3%
10,27815,73526,842
1916R
−9.2%
6,0747,34913,932
1912D
+13.0%
5,7713,95613,972
1908R
−5.7%
6,4977,31214,406
1904R
−19.7%
5,1287,77113,410
1900D
+13.4%
7,0935,39412,711
1896R
−14.3%
5,0166,72111,882
1892D
+1.5%
5,2205,06110,454
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%
English
1.4%
African American
2.6%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
20.2%
Other Christian
14.6%
Mainline Protestant
8.3%
Methodist
7.6%
Baptist
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ohio County anchors West Virginia's Northern Panhandle along the Ohio River, where Wheeling's working-class and retiree population has driven a sustained realignment away from its mid-century Democratic base over the past decade.

The Republican margin in Ohio County reached its widest at thirty-one points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was twenty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Ohio County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $57,094, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 41,582 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 Tucker County and Hopkins County.