Editing Boone County, West Virginia (section)

==Politics==
With the exception of the [[1972 United States presidential election|1972 Nixon landslide]], Boone County voted Democratic in every presidential election from 1924 until 2012. In 2012, Republican [[Mitt Romney]] won over sixty percent of the vote in the process of becoming the first presidential candidate to sweep every county in the state. Also in 2012, in the state's Democratic primaries, Boone County was one of the West Virginia counties that voted for eccentric [[perennial candidate]] [[Keith Russell Judd]], who at the time was still in prison on felony charges, over incumbent president [[Barack Obama]].
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|6,314|1,641|187|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,816|2,041|156|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|6,504|1,790|485|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,467|2,790|245|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|3,632|4,529|209|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|4,207|5,933|58|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,353|5,656|132|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,917|6,048|957|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,021|6,576|1,061|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,786|6,539|20|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|4,656|7,121|44|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|4,164|7,515|321|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,072|8,528|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,985|5,342|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,970|6,391|926|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,467|8,609|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|4,104|8,058|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|5,196|7,126|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|4,100|8,209|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,909|6,769|19|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|3,449|6,366|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|4,128|7,904|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,477|7,697|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,555|5,973|65|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|4,000|4,805|30|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|3,010|3,326|948|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,674|2,529|112|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,504|1,397|105|West Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|416|1,119|941|West Virginia}}