WEST VIRGINIA
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Capital: Charleston Congressional Districts: 4
1970 Population: 1.744.237 Counties: 55 National Rank: 34 voting Precincts: 2.367
1970 Per Capita Incoue:$2.929 1972 Convention Delegates: 35 National Rank: 47 1972 Electoral Votes: 6
- 31 OFFICE HOLDERS
Year First Elected to %
Home Party Elected Present Term vote U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph D 1958 - 1972 66.5t U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd D 1958 1970 77.6 Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. R 1958 1972 54.7 Lt. Governor - ' Secretary of State Edgar Hoiskell III R 1972 1972 50.2 ' Attorney Genera], Chmmley Browning, Jr. D 1958 1972 50.1 LEGISIATIVE (IGNITION 222225325 EEEEElififlfli Congressional Delegation 4 0 State Senate 24 10 State House 57 43 POPULATION 1970 Papulation: 1.744.237 Ethnic and Racial: Urban: 39-01 White: 95.6% Italian. 1.0% Rural: 61.0 Black: 4.2% Age: 18-20: 98,000 (17.3‘) Other: .2% 21-24: 107.000 Median Age: 1 30.0 years 25-44: 391.000 (55-OI) Median Voting Age: 45.2 45-64: 590,000 (33.0%) White Collar: 40.4% 659: 197,000 (16.6%) Blue Collar: 45.2 VOTER REGISTRATION ' . Democrats _1_ Re llcans _£_ Others _2_ Total _686,620 64.6 359,016 33.3 16,883 1.6 1,062,519 PRESIDENTIAL VOTES 1972 Nixon (63.6%) McGovern (36.4%) 1968 Nixon 307,555 (alt) Humphrey 374,091 (50%) Wallace 72,560 (10%)
1964 Johnson 538,087 (68%) Goldwater 253,953 (32%) 1960 Kennedy 441 ,786 (53%) Nixon 39S , 995 (478)
