Matewan, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+7.5 |
| 2012 | R+28.6 |
| 2016 | R+55.2 |
| 2020 | R+74.8 |
| 2024 | R+71.9 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 505 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+71.9 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $16,105 |
| County | Mingo County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Matewan's 1920 mine-war legacy still shapes its civic identity; the town sits in Mingo County, one of West Virginia's most reliably one-sided precincts in statewide elections.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −71.9% | 22 | 142 | 3 | 167 |
| 2020 | R | −74.8% | 25 | 176 | 1 | 202 |
| 2016 | R | −55.2% | 38 | 139 | 6 | 183 |
| 2012 | R | −28.6% | 48 | 88 | 4 | 140 |
| 2008 | D | +7.5% | 70 | 60 | 3 | 133 |
| 2004† | D | +32.6% | 118 | 60 | 0 | 178 |
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 | 87.5% |
| Black | 8.3% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.8% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $16,105 |
| Poverty rate | 41.4% |
| Median age | 50.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 7.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 30.9% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 3.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 4.2% |
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 Mingo County county page and the WV state page.