Editing Braxton County, West Virginia (section)

==Politics==
Braxton County, although initially opposed to secession during the first session of [[Virginia Secession Convention of 1861|the Virginia Secession Convention]], later became supportive. Consequently, up until the decline of coal mining 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 growing opposition to socially controversial 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> Braxton County was overwhelmingly Democratic. Like all of West Virginia, it has seen an extremely rapid shift to the Republicans over the past five elections.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,991|1,233|89|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,120|1,457|87|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,537|1,321|242|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,725|1,998|87|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,629|2,704|82|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|2,986|3,035|30|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|2,529|2,719|80|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,441|3,001|554|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,535|3,396|834|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,024|3,377|22|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,902|3,350|13|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,403|3,795|210|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,913|4,012|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,155|2,771|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,441|3,268|341|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,867|4,787|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,977|4,185|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|3,441|3,913|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|3,382|4,259|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,864|4,287|7|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|3,023|4,313|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|4,056|5,709|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,709|5,667|16|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,560|6,043|58|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|4,028|4,582|41|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|4,192|5,168|130|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,274|4,269|20|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,332|2,957|9|West Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|580|2,611|1,855|West Virginia}}