- Lead
- 1,574
- Total
- 5,110
- vs nation
- D+32.3
West Virginia 25th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,830
- Total
- 5,666
- vs nation
- D+27.8
- Lead
- 1,210
- Total
- 5,318
- vs nation
- D+20.7
- Lead
- 1,947
- Total
- 5,463
- vs nation
- D+31.8
- Lead
- 2,333
- Total
- 6,017
- vs nation
- D+31.5
- Lead
- 2,529
- Total
- 6,465
- vs nation
- D+41.6
- Lead
- 2,480
- Total
- 5,791
- vs nation
- D+42.3
- Lead
- 3,142
- Total
- 6,208
- vs nation
- D+42.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+30.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 18,7912024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,079 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $31,0642024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75.7 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 21, AR · twin score 92.4
presidential history
Party record book
West Virginia 25th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Samuel J. Tilden1876
87.9%
398 votes · D+75.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1884 · 82.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
41.9%
2,799 votes · D+16.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 35.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
7,595votes
82.5% of the vote · D+64.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 7,570 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
2,799votes
41.9% of the vote · D+16.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 2,695 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+72.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+46.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +72.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
−20.7pts R vs U.S.
Place D+22.8 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · −27.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
West Virginia 25th State House District sits in southern Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.7 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.8 points.
A population of 18,791, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $31,064 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 21 and State House District 44.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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West Virginia 25th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/54025/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.