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Delegate District 33·West Virginia

For one hundred twelve years, West Virginia 33rd State House District voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

One of West Virginia's most reliably Republican legislative districts

18762024·38 elections
WV
Latest
R+67
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
16,021
2024 ACS

West Virginia 33rd State House District, West Virginia: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+67%. Republican peak: R+67 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+67MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
16,0212024 5-year
Median household income
$49,7232024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
95.6%2024 5-year
Black
2.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
0.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+64 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+67 in 2024MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−66.7%
9424,8445,848
R
−63.0%
1,1905,3726,642
R
−62.7%
1,0675,0476,344
R
−39.7%
1,7694,1936,105
R
−10.8%
2,9953,7366,866
D
+5.5%
4,0173,5947,642
D
+24.9%
4,5522,7207,363
D
+54.5%
5,5281,3407,678
D
+47.6%
5,6581,7018,310
D
+45.3%
5,7712,1647,959
D
+25.7%
5,5543,2768,864
D
+40.6%
6,1312,5228,887
D
+53.1%
6,6912,0508,742
D
+2.6%
5,1224,8619,983
D
+44.0%
6,9792,42410,352
D
+63.6%
8,6681,92610,594
D
+35.2%
8,3433,99612,338
D
+16.6%
7,5445,39912,943
D
+35.7%
9,8434,66514,508
D
+37.2%
8,2213,75412,014
D
+29.5%
7,4924,07911,571
D
+26.6%
8,6745,02813,702
D
+44.5%
9,3953,60513,025
D
+7.9%
6,3895,44811,873
R
−6.8%
5,0715,81510,907
D
+2.1%
3,7623,6017,675
D
+12.9%
2,8502,1955,067
D
+21.4%
1,6671,0742,774
D
+31.5%
7162641,433
D
+30.7%
7133721,109
D
+32.1%
573291879
R
−39.8%
216502718
D
+43.7%
506195712
D
+51.7%
7762471,023
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No data
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
9.4%
English
9.3%
American
8.0%
German
4.8%
Italian
1.3%
Scottish
0.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.5%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Spanish0.1%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.9%
Other Christian
7.4%
Baptist
6.1%
Methodist
2.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.2%
Mainline Protestant
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+40.9, Delegate District 33 sits firmly in the state's deep-red interior, where decades of demographic and economic shifts have reshaped a once-competitive coal-country electorate into one of the most consistent Republican bases in the state.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in West Virginia 33rd State House District peaked at sixty-four points in 1964; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2008 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eleven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $49,723 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Delegate District 33, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Delegate District 33, West Virginia voted Republican by 66.7 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,848 votes cast, 942 went Democratic and 4,844 went Republican.
What is Delegate District 33, West Virginia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Delegate District 33, West Virginia as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 27 times, Republican 7 times, and other 0 times.
When did Delegate District 33, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Delegate District 33, West Virginia voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Delegate District 33, West Virginia?
Delegate District 33, West Virginia has a population of 16,021 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Delegate District 33, West Virginia?
Median household income in Delegate District 33, West Virginia is $49,723 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Delegate District 33, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Delegate District 33, West Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.