Editing Monroe County, West Virginia (section)

==Politics==
Monroe County was strongly pro-Confederate during [[Virginia Secession Convention of 1861|the Virginia Secession Convention]].<ref>Hinkle, Harlan H.; ''Grayback Mountaineers: The Confederate Face of Western Virginia'', p. 194 {{ISBN|0595268404}}</ref> It voted Democratic consistently up until voting for [[William McKinley]] in 1900, but since then has leaned Republican except during Democratic landslides, and like all of West Virginia has become overwhelmingly Republican in the twenty-first century due to declining unionization<ref>Schwartzman, Gabe; [http://www.dailyyonder.com/how-coalfields-went-gop/2015/01/13/7668/ ‘How Central Appalachia Went Right’]; ''Daily Yonder'', January 13, 2015</ref> and differences with the Democratic Party's views on social issues.<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|5,089|1,155|132|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,068|1,345|77|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,443|1,111|298|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,616|1,455|161|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,397|2,014|164|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,590|2,311|50|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,940|2,094|105|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,131|2,382|579|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,311|2,418|691|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,719|2,427|22|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,612|2,333|9|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,999|2,877|196|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,750|3,297|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,716|2,114|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,925|2,412|553|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,385|3,367|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,139|2,910|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,529|2,772|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,447|2,856|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,956|2,632|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,130|2,615|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,403|3,283|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,268|3,413|14|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,978|3,267|2|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,025|2,346|17|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,713|2,686|31|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,001|2,519|12|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,584|1,609|8|West Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|798|1,570|759|West Virginia}}