Ansted, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+17.8 |
| 2012 | R+36.4 |
| 2016 | R+58.7 |
| 2020 | R+59.5 |
| 2024 | R+61.4 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,140 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+61.4 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $38,375 |
| County | Fayette County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Ansted sits in Fayette County, where decades of coal-industry decline have reshaped both the economy and the electorate — the county swung from reliably Democratic to double-digit Republican margins in presidential races after 2008.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −61.4% | 94 | 412 | 12 | 518 |
| 2020 | R | −59.5% | 115 | 457 | 3 | 575 |
| 2016 | R | −58.7% | 95 | 396 | 22 | 513 |
| 2012 | R | −36.4% | 122 | 266 | 8 | 396 |
| 2008 | R | −17.8% | 208 | 301 | 13 | 522 |
| 2004† | R | −10.6% | 252 | 312 | 2 | 566 |
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 | 98.1% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $38,375 |
| Poverty rate | 27.2% |
| Median age | 43.5 |
| Age 18–29 | 15.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 26.7% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 21.5% |
| 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 Fayette County county page and the WV state page.