McDowell, KY
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+25.8 |
| 2012 | R+17.8 |
| 2016 | R+31.7 |
| 2020 | R+35.6 |
| 2024 | R+49.3 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 718 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+49.3 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $14,474 |
| County | Floyd County |
| State | KY |
Place narrative
McDowell sits in the narrow hollows of Floyd County, a historically union-Democrat region that shifted sharply Republican over the past two decades as coal employment declined and cultural realignment reshaped eastern Kentucky's voting patterns.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −49.3% | 66 | 201 | 7 | 274 |
| 2020 | R | −35.6% | 96 | 205 | 5 | 306 |
| 2016 | R | −31.7% | 100 | 197 | 9 | 306 |
| 2012 | R | −17.8% | 112 | 162 | 7 | 281 |
| 2008 | D | +25.8% | 201 | 117 | 8 | 326 |
| 2004† | D | +50.5% | 297 | 97 | 2 | 396 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 93.9% |
| Black | 0.1% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $14,474 |
| Poverty rate | 72.4% |
| Median age | 29 |
| Age 18–29 | 11.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 17.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 17.5% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.0% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Floyd County county page and the KY state page.