combined metro areaCharleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+6.8
2008R+9.0
2012R+16.7
2016R+35.4
2020R+33.3
2024R+37.6
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 54.8% of 510,282 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
84,938
190,054
4,526
279,518
510,282
54.8%
2020
96,391
194,915
4,772
296,078
519,249
57.0%
2016
80,903
178,223
15,488
274,614
534,278
51.4%
2012
106,483
150,663
6,659
263,805
537,987
49.0%
2008
125,354
150,684
4,911
280,949
532,343
52.8%
2004
140,064
160,744
1,855
302,663
526,699†
57.5%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
12 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCharleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KYUnited States
English17.9%9.5%
Irish11.6%9.4%
German11.0%12.5%
American10.1%5.3%
Scottish2.3%1.3%
Italian2.1%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.8%—
French0.6%1.6%
African American†2.2%9.9%
Mexican0.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY
United States
Median age
42.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY
United States
Median household income
$59,250
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.9%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY
United States
Catholic
3.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
21.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.7%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−3.0%
1896
−13.4%
1900
−14.9%
1904
−20.7%
1908
−14.3%
1912
+16.2%
1916
−3.1%
1920
−10.9%
1924
−9.0%
1928
−23.5%
1932
+7.7%
1936
+15.9%
1940
+13.3%
1944
+7.0%
1948
+12.0%
1952
−2.5%
1956
−12.2%
1960
−6.0%
1964
+28.2%
1968
+2.2%
1972
−27.3%
1976
+13.1%
1980
+0.0%
1984
−11.5%
1988
+1.3%
1992
+10.1%
1996
+12.6%
2000
−2.0%
2004
−6.8%
2008
−9.0%
2012
−16.7%
2016
−35.4%
2020
−33.3%
2024
−37.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
30.4%Harris84,938
68.0%Trump190,054
1.6%
R+37.6
R+4.3
R+36.1
279,518
R
32.6%Biden96,391
65.8%Trump194,915
1.6%
R+33.3
D+2.2
R+37.7
296,078
R
29.5%Clinton80,903
64.9%Trump178,223
5.6%
R+35.4
R+18.7
R+37.5
274,614
R
40.4%Obama106,483
57.1%Romney150,663
2.5%
R+16.7
R+7.7
R+20.6
263,805
R
44.6%Obama125,354
53.6%McCain150,684
1.7%
R+9.0
R+2.2
R+16.3
280,949
R
46.3%Kerry140,064
53.1%Bush160,744
0.6%
R+6.8
R+4.8
R+4.4
302,663
R
47.9%Gore124,973
50.0%Bush130,274
2.1%
R+2.0
R+14.7
R+2.6
260,784
D
50.8%Clinton130,195
38.2%Dole97,826
11.0%
D+12.6
D+2.5
D+4.1
256,216
D
47.2%Clinton128,513
37.1%Bush100,945
15.7%
D+10.1
D+8.8
D+4.6
272,304
D
50.5%Dukakis129,921
49.1%Bush126,468
0.4%
D+1.3
D+12.9
D+9.1
257,502
R
44.0%Mondale124,452
55.5%Reagan157,042
0.4%
R+11.5
R+11.5
D+6.7
282,705
D
47.6%Carter136,247
47.6%Reagan136,206
4.8%
D+0.01
R+13.1
D+9.8
286,066
D
56.4%Carter158,225
43.3%Ford121,434
0.4%
D+13.1
D+40.4
D+11.0
280,713
R
36.1%McGovern103,703
63.4%Nixon182,033
0.5%
R+27.3
R+29.5
R+4.1
287,136
D
45.4%Humphrey126,490
43.2%Nixon120,432
11.4%
D+2.2
R+26.0
D+2.9
278,690
D
64.1%Johnson188,376
35.9%Goldwater105,452
0.0%
D+28.2
D+34.2
D+5.6
293,964
R
47.0%Kennedy146,051
53.0%Nixon164,780
0.0%
R+6.0
D+6.1
R+6.2
310,831
R
43.9%Stevenson132,535
56.1%Eisenhower169,226
0.0%
R+12.2
R+9.6
D+3.2
301,854
R
48.7%Stevenson149,261
51.3%Eisenhower157,021
0.0%
R+2.5
R+14.6
D+8.2
306,370
D
55.8%Truman144,748
43.8%Dewey113,511
0.4%
D+12.0
D+5.1
D+7.6
259,233
D
53.5%Roosevelt131,918
46.5%Dewey114,672
0.0%
D+7.0
R+6.3
R+0.5
246,657
D
56.6%Roosevelt165,738
43.3%Willkie126,810
0.0%
D+13.3
R+2.6
D+3.4
292,689
D
57.8%Roosevelt157,654
41.9%Landon114,218
0.3%
D+15.9
D+8.3
R+8.3
272,632
D
53.3%Roosevelt129,390
45.6%Hoover110,785
1.1%
D+7.7
D+31.2
R+10.1
242,727
R
38.1%Smith77,770
61.6%Hoover125,896
0.3%
R+23.5
R+14.5
R+6.1
204,357
R
42.1%Davis72,385
51.1%Coolidge87,891
6.9%
R+9.0
D+1.9
D+16.2
172,091
R
43.8%Cox68,068
54.7%Harding84,959
1.4%
R+10.9
R+7.8
D+15.3
155,250
R
47.1%Wilson40,043
50.2%Hughes42,658
2.7%
R+3.1
R+19.3
R+6.2
85,013
D
39.3%Wilson29,324
23.1%Taft17,249
37.6%
D+16.2
D+30.5
R+3.4
74,599
R
41.0%Bryan31,584
55.3%Taft42,637
3.7%
R+14.3
D+6.3
R+4.8
77,102
R
37.9%Parker25,281
58.6%Roosevelt39,076
3.5%
R+20.7
R+5.8
R+1.0
66,725
R
42.1%Bryan27,106
57.0%McKinley36,703
0.8%
R+14.9
R+1.5
R+7.4
64,347
R
42.8%Bryan26,267
56.3%McKinley34,516
0.9%
R+13.4
R+10.4
R+7.4
61,355
R
47.2%Cleveland23,938
50.3%Harrison25,461
2.5%
R+3.0
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R+4.7
50,666
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+8.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+37.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 29 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
258,340
82,030
104,010
62,073
10,227
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+481 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −34,433 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY in Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−882
2012
−1,171
2013
−2,050
2014
−3,828
2015
−3,833
2016
−4,470
2017
−5,251
2018
−5,027
2019
−4,733
2021
−2,413
2022
−1,647
2023
−90
2024
+481
2025
+481
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY sits in southern Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.6 points.
A population of 648,754, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,250 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH and Fairmont-Clarksburg, WV.
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How did Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia voted Republican by 37.6 points (R+37.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 279,518 votes cast, 84,938 went Democratic and 190,054 went Republican.
When did Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia?
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia has a population of 648,754 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia?
Median household income in Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia is $59,250 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY, West Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
