Editing Jackson County, West Virginia (section)

==Politics==
Although its neighbour [[Roane County, West Virginia|Roane County]] voted for secession on its behalf during [[Virginia Secession Convention of 1861|the Virginia Secession Convention]],<ref>[http://www.virginiamemory.com/docs/votes_on_secession.pdf?_ga=1.136899061.456866595.1437301396 ‘How Virginia Convention Delegates Voted on Secession, April 4 and April 17, 1861, and Whether They Signed a Copy of the Ordinance of Secession’]</ref> Jackson County is believed to have had a Unionist majority when [[American Civil War|the Civil War]] broke out.<ref>Curry, Richard Orr; ''A House Divided: A Study of Statehood Politics and the Copperhead movement in West Virginia'', p. 48 {{ISBN|9780822983897}}</ref> This contention is supported by it being a historically Republican-leaning county, though much less so than the rock-ribbed Unionist trio of [[Ritchie County, West Virginia|Ritchie]], [[Doddridge County, West Virginia|Doddridge]] and [[Tyler County, West Virginia|Tyler Counties]] to its northeast. The only Democrats to win the county since the Civil War have been [[Samuel J. Tilden]] in 1876, [[Woodrow Wilson]] in 1912, [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] in 1932, [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1964, and [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992 and 1996.<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 334-337 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref>
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|9,907|2,699|216|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|10,093|3,207|209|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|9,020|2,663|621|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|7,408|3,854|332|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|7,148|4,861|227|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|7,686|5,384|88|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|6,341|4,937|240|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|4,235|4,882|1,330|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|4,192|5,102|1,935|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,696|4,573|22|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|7,117|4,147|46|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,041|4,120|420|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|5,360|5,334|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|7,226|3,007|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,173|3,462|947|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,359|5,022|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|5,535|3,615|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,984|2,596|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,845|2,597|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|4,277|2,639|7|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,486|2,401|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|5,104|3,299|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|4,711|3,453|8|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,084|4,131|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,150|2,452|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,739|2,936|59|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,330|2,831|20|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,474|2,032|29|West Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|1,199|1,935|1,403|West Virginia}}