Editing Hardy County, West Virginia (section)

==Politics==
During [[Virginia Secession Convention of 1861|the Virginia Secession Convention]], Hardy County voted against secession from the United States, but much of this vote was within fiercely Unionist and overwhelmingly Republican [[Grant County, West Virginia|Grant County]], which was detached from it after the war. Following the detachment of Grant – which was frequently to be among the nation's most Republican counties in the subsequent century and a half – Hardy County became solidly Democratic, not voting for any Republican candidate between 1868 and 1964 inclusive.<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 334-335 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> However, since 1968, Hardy County has voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election with the exceptions of [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976 and [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996. Since 2000, it has seen the same significant increase in Republican support as the rest of socially conservative West Virginia.<ref>Cohn, Nate; [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/upshot/southern-whites-loyalty-to-gop-nearing-that-of-blacks-to-democrats.html ‘Demographic Shift: Southern Whites’ Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats’], ''[[New York Times]]'', April 24, 2014</ref>
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,997|1,297|117|West Virginia}}	
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,859|1,381|93|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,274|1,155|245|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,536|1,482|163|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,376|1,901|130|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,635|1,617|24|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,816|1,621|77|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,895|1,911|453|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,144|1,917|610|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,581|1,689|18|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,938|1,641|8|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,329|2,050|120|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,858|2,993|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,609|1,510|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,768|1,767|490|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,308|2,996|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,042|2,465|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,202|2,259|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,037|2,411|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,433|2,435|10|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,489|2,111|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,674|2,690|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,581|2,956|5|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,267|2,824|25|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,611|1,965|6|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,272|2,442|36|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,354|2,014|7|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|701|1,425|6|West Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|344|1,209|321|West Virginia}}