Editing Doddridge County, West Virginia (section)

==Politics==
After having leaned strongly towards the Democratic Party between the New Deal and [[presidency of Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton's presidency]], most of West Virginia has since 2000 seen an extremely rapid swing towards the Republican Party 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 liberal 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’], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 24, 2014</ref> In contrast, Doddridge County along with neighbouring [[Ritchie County, West Virginia|Ritchie County]] and [[Tyler County, West Virginia|Tyler County]] were historically powerfully Unionist and have always been rock-ribbed Republican since the Civil War. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have won Doddridge County since West Virginia's statehood: [[Samuel J. Tilden]] in 1876,<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States'', 1868-2004, pp. 334-337 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> and [[Lyndon Johnson]] – who won by just six votes – in 1964.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,541|374|41|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,619|435|47|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,358|362|143|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,130|575|69|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,218|735|65|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,362|800|17|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,955|773|88|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,335|865|395|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,500|968|524|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,880|955|12|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,343|836|16|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,888|1,043|120|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,804|1,245|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,284|645|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,861|844|146|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,581|1,587|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,402|1,053|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,594|935|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,741|1,040|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,433|1,166|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,611|1,000|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,293|1,495|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|3,023|1,716|5|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|2,780|1,943|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,919|1,202|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,777|1,594|58|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,135|1,137|25|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,803|1,061|41|West Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Progressive|622|866|1,236|West Virginia}}