2022 population: 305,760
( 35,298 from 2010
,
7,232 from 2020)
Land area: 5090.8 square miles
Population density: 60.1 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 275,985 | 90.26% | ![]() |
Black: | 14,921 | 4.88% | ![]() |
Indian: | 769 | 0.25% | ![]() |
Asian: | 1,861 | 0.61% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 6,419 | 2.10% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 5,805 | 1.90% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 29,775 | 9.74% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
---|---|---|
Births: | 6,661 | 10.6 |
Deaths: | 12,922 | 20.6 |
Net Migration: ![]() | -1,251 | -2.0 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 213 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | -37,611 | -11.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 2,313 | 0.7 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +11,182 | R +6,336 | D + 1.9% | |
D +4,846 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +22,277 | R +24,262 | R + 11.5% | |
D -1,985 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +33,778 | R +48,909 | R + 33.0% | |
D -15,131 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +22,596 | R +42,573 | R + 34.9% | |
D -19,977 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) ![]() | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 57% | Donald Trump* (R) | 104,789 | 75.8% | Joe Biden (D) | 31,744 | 23.0% | 1,764 [+] | 1.3% | 138,297 | 29 | 0.09% |
2016 | 49% | Donald Trump (R) | 93,607 | 74.2% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 26,898 | 21.3% | 5,723 [+] | 4.5% | 126,228 | 28 | 0.09% |
2012 | 45% | Mitt Romney (R) | 82,512 | 69.5% | Barack Obama* (D) | 33,729 | 28.4% | 2,406 [+] | 2.0% | 118,647 | 22 | 0.09% |
2008 | 44% | John McCain (R) | 71,011 | 59.1% | Barack Obama (D) | 46,875 | 39.0% | 2,300 [+] | 1.9% | 120,186 | 13 | 0.09% |
2004 | 47% | George W. Bush* (R) | 72,169 | 55.8% | John Kerry (D) | 56,242 | 43.5% | 985 [+] | 0.8% | 129,396 | 5 | 0.11% |
2000 | 41% | George W. Bush (R) | 55,276 | 49.5% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 54,146 | 48.5% | 2,318 [+] | 2.1% | 111,740 | 2 | 0.11% |
1996 | 41% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 60,843 | 54.9% | Robert Dole (R) | 37,971 | 34.2% | 12,112 [+] | 10.9% | 110,926 | -6 | 0.12% |
1992 | 45% | Bill Clinton (D) | 64,495 | 53.7% | George Bush* (R) | 40,121 | 33.4% | 15,429 [+] | 12.9% | 120,045 | -4 | 0.11% |
1988 | 43% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 68,493 | 57.9% | George Bush (R) | 49,248 | 41.6% | 530 [+] | 0.4% | 118,271 | -12 | 0.13% |
1984 | 49% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 69,073 | 50.1% | Walter Mondale (D) | 68,109 | 49.4% | 642 | 0.5% | 137,824 | -9 | 0.15% |
1980 | 47% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 78,502 | 56.4% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 55,866 | 40.2% | 4,731 [+] | 3.4% | 139,099 | -11 | 0.16% |
1976 | 55% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 91,453 | 63.7% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 51,711 | 36.0% | 333 [+] | 0.2% | 143,497 | -12 | 0.18% |
1972 | 58% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 89,411 | 63.2% | George McGovern (D) | 51,893 | 36.7% | 253 [+] | 0.2% | 141,557 | 2 | 0.18% |
1968 | 69% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 81,497 | 56.1% | Richard Nixon (R) | 47,196 | 32.5% | 16,657 [+] | 11.5% | 145,350 | -11 | 0.20% |
1964 | 69% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 113,725 | 74.4% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 39,096 | 25.6% | 105 | 0.1% | 152,926 | -13 | 0.22% |
1960 | 69% | John Kennedy (D) | 104,241 | 63.8% | Richard Nixon (R) | 59,030 | 36.2% | 19 | 0.0% | 163,290 | -13 | 0.24% |
1956 | 64% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 86,718 | 52.5% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 78,251 | 47.4% | 80 | 0.0% | 165,049 | -10 | 0.27% |
1952 | 66% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 113,323 | 61.2% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 71,798 | 38.8% | 30 | 0.0% | 185,151 | -16 | 0.30% |
1948 | 57% | Harry Truman* (D) | 101,993 | 64.7% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 54,766 | 34.8% | 814 [+] | 0.5% | 157,573 | -10 | 0.32% |
1944 | 56% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 93,503 | 62.2% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 56,723 | 37.8% | 25 | 0.0% | 150,251 | -8 | 0.31% |
1940 | 72% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 117,771 | 63.5% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 67,592 | 36.5% | 8 | 0.0% | 185,371 | -8 | 0.37% |
1936 | 78% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 120,222 | 67.8% | Alf Landon (R) | 56,932 | 32.1% | 289 [+] | 0.2% | 177,443 | -4 | 0.39% |
1932 | 72% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 86,415 | 55.6% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 68,089 | 43.8% | 796 [+] | 0.5% | 155,300 | 4 | 0.39% |
1928 | 67% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 72,809 | 55.3% | Al Smith (D) | 58,549 | 44.5% | 293 [+] | 0.2% | 131,651 | -3 | 0.36% |
1924 | 65% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 57,342 | 49.0% | John Davis (D) | 50,616 | 43.3% | 8,990 [+] | 7.7% | 116,948 | -5 | 0.40% |
1920 | 62% | Warren Harding (R) | 55,860 | 56.4% | James Cox (D) | 42,628 | 43.0% | 604 [+] | 0.6% | 99,092 | -4 | 0.37% |
1916 | 39% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 30,217 | 52.4% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 26,699 | 46.3% | 733 [+] | 1.3% | 57,649 | 6 | 0.31% |
1912 | 38% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 20,342 | 39.0% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 16,657 | 32.0% | 15,115 [+] | 29.0% | 52,114 | 1 | 0.35% |
1908 | 41% | William Taft (R) | 27,336 | 57.9% | William J. Bryan (D) | 18,594 | 39.4% | 1,244 [+] | 2.6% | 47,174 | 6 | 0.32% |
1904 | 44% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 25,261 | 59.6% | Alton Parker (D) | 16,299 | 38.4% | 856 [+] | 2.0% | 42,416 | 3 | 0.31% |
1900 | 47% | William McKinley* (R) | 21,987 | 58.2% | William J. Bryan (D) | 15,571 | 41.2% | 200 [+] | 0.5% | 37,758 | 7 | 0.27% |
2020 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 31,744 | 23.0% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 104,789 | 75.8% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 1,361 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Other | 403 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 138,297 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 26,898 | 21.3% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 93,607 | 74.2% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 2,930 | 2.3% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 1,073 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 127 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 1,593 | 1.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 126,228 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 33,729 | 28.4% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 82,512 | 69.5% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 943 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Other | 1,463 | 1.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 118,647 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 46,875 | 39.0% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 71,011 | 59.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,296 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 32 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 972 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 120,186 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 72,169 | 55.8% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 56,242 | 43.5% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 559 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 426 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 129,396 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 55,276 | 49.5% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 54,146 | 48.5% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 1,454 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 347 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 517 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 111,740 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 60,843 | 54.9% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 37,971 | 34.2% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 11,484 | 10.4% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 408 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 220 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 110,926 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 64,495 | 53.7% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 40,121 | 33.4% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 14,885 | 12.4% | ||||||||
Other | 544 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 120,045 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 49,248 | 41.6% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 68,493 | 57.9% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 38 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 492 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 118,271 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 69,073 | 50.1% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 68,109 | 49.4% | ||||||||
Other | 642 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 137,824 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 55,866 | 40.2% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 78,502 | 56.4% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 3,987 | 2.9% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 629 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 115 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 139,099 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 91,453 | 63.7% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 51,711 | 36.0% | ||||||||
Other | 333 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 143,497 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 89,411 | 63.2% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 51,893 | 36.7% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 107 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 146 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 141,557 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 47,196 | 32.5% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 81,497 | 56.1% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 16,510 | 11.4% | ||||||||
Other | 147 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 145,350 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 113,725 | 74.4% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 39,096 | 25.6% | ||||||||
Other | 105 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 152,926 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 104,241 | 63.8% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 59,030 | 36.2% | ||||||||
Other | 19 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 163,290 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 78,251 | 47.4% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 86,718 | 52.5% | ||||||||
Other | 80 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 165,049 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 71,798 | 38.8% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 113,323 | 61.2% | ||||||||
Other | 30 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 185,151 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 101,993 | 64.7% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 54,766 | 34.8% | ||||||||
Strom Thurmond (StsRts) | 163 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 650 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 157,573 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 93,503 | 62.2% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 56,723 | 37.8% | ||||||||
Other | 25 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 150,251 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 117,771 | 63.5% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 67,592 | 36.5% | ||||||||
Other | 8 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 185,371 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 120,222 | 67.8% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 56,932 | 32.1% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 88 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 201 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 177,443 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 86,415 | 55.6% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 68,089 | 43.8% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 384 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 412 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 155,300 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 72,809 | 55.3% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 58,549 | 44.5% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 83 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 210 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 131,651 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 57,342 | 49.0% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 50,616 | 43.3% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 8,811 | 7.5% | ||||||||
Other | 179 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 116,948 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 55,860 | 56.4% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 42,628 | 43.0% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 525 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 70 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 9 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 99,092 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 26,699 | 46.3% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 30,217 | 52.4% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 712 | 1.2% | ||||||||
Other | 21 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 57,649 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 20,342 | 39.0% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 16,657 | 32.0% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 12,808 | 24.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 2,300 | 4.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 7 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 52,114 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 27,336 | 57.9% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 18,594 | 39.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,244 | 2.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 47,174 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 25,261 | 59.6% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 16,299 | 38.4% | ||||||||
Other | 856 | 2.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 42,416 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 21,987 | 58.2% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 15,571 | 41.2% | ||||||||
Other | 200 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 37,758 | |||||||||
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