Tornado, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+24.3 |
| 2012 | R+36.3 |
| 2016 | R+53.8 |
| 2020 | R+47.9 |
| 2024 | R+49.5 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,114 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+49.5 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $83,000 |
| County | Kanawha County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Tornado is a census-designated place tucked into the Kanawha Valley, where tight river-bottom geography shaped a dense working-class community. Turnout in small CDPs like this can swing precinct-level results in close statehouse races.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −49.5% | 122 | 374 | 13 | 509 |
| 2020 | R | −47.9% | 112 | 327 | 10 | 449 |
| 2016 | R | −53.8% | 85 | 303 | 17 | 405 |
| 2012 | R | −36.3% | 89 | 194 | 6 | 289 |
| 2008 | R | −24.3% | 127 | 210 | 5 | 342 |
| 2004† | R | −25.3% | 136 | 228 | 0 | 364 |
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 | 88.2% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $83,000 |
| Poverty rate | 8.8% |
| Median age | 34.1 |
| Age 18–29 | 6.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 20.5% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 30.4% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.5% |
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 Kanawha County county page and the WV state page.