Editing Gilmer County, West Virginia (section)

==Politics==
Historically, Gilmer County was the northwesternmost of the fiercely Democratic, secessionist counties of West Virginia. It voted Democratic in every election from 1872 to 1968 – in 1928 when there was large-scale anti-Catholic voting throughout Appalachian West Virginia it was [[Al Smith]]’s strongest county in the state.<ref name="Polls">Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); ''America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964''; pp. 494-498 {{ISBN|0405077114}}</ref> In 1972, against the strongly left-wing [[George McGovern]], [[Richard Nixon]] became the first Republican to carry the county in 104 years, and in a similar landslide [[Ronald Reagan]] repeated this in 1984. Like all of West Virginia, since 2000 Gilmer County has seen a powerful 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.<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|2020|Republican|2,012|599|51|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,896|545|138|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,595|840|87|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,445|1,004|72|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,665|1,159|28|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,560|1,092|88|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|933|1,390|326|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,085|1,576|493|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,387|1,661|16|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,953|1,494|5|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,452|1,854|180|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,371|2,245|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,056|1,359|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,401|1,582|214|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,116|2,832|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,446|2,075|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,774|2,016|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,813|2,291|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,421|2,355|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,651|2,509|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,067|3,276|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,858|3,433|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,530|3,511|37|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,705|2,313|26|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,570|2,750|30|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,635|1,854|21|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|943|1,695|9|West Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|469|1,493|538|West Virginia}}