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Elections in West Virginia |
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The 2024 United States presidential election in West Virginia is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. West Virginia voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of West Virginia has four electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state lost one congressional seat. [1]
West Virginia was Trump's strongest state in 2016 and second-strongest state in 2020. Trump is expected to easily win the state again in 2024.
Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden is running for reelection to a second term. [2]
The West Virginia Democratic presidential primary was held on May 14, 2024, alongside the Maryland and Nebraska primaries. 25 delegates (20 pledged and 5 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates. [3]
Four candidates have been certified to appear on the primary ballot: [4]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |||
Joe Biden (incumbent) | 68,098 | 70.5% | 20 | ||
Jason Palmer | 11,064 | 11.5% | |||
Stephen Lyons (withdrawn) | 7,368 | 7.6% | |||
Dean Phillips (withdrawn) | 7,214 | 7.5% | |||
Armando Perez-Serrato | 2,783 | 2.9% | |||
Total: | 96,527 | 100.0% | 20 | 5 | 25 |
Source: [5] |
The West Virginia Republican presidential primary was held on May 14, 2024, alongside the Maryland and Nebraska primaries. 31 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-all basis. [6]
Five candidates have been certified to appear on the primary ballot: [4]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Donald Trump | 198,436 | 88.4% | 32 | ||
Nikki Haley (withdrawn) | 21,123 | 9.4% | |||
Rachel Swift | 2,311 | 1.0% | |||
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) | 1,476 | 0.7% | |||
David Stuckenberg | 1,162 | 0.5% | |||
Total: | 224,508 | 100.0% | 32 | 32 | |
Source: [7] |
The Mountain primary (the state's Green Party affiliate) is scheduled to be held on May 14, 2024.
Only one candidate was certified to appear on the primary ballot, [4] who will receive all 4 of the state's pledged delegates: [8]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Cook Political Report [9] | Solid R | December 19, 2023 |
Inside Elections [10] | Solid R | April 26, 2023 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] | Solid R | June 29, 2023 |
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [12] | Safe R | December 14, 2023 |
CNalysis [13] | Solid R | December 30, 2023 |
CNN [14] | Solid R | January 14, 2024 |
538 [15] | Solid R | June 11, 2024 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Other / Undecided |
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Kaplan Strategies | June 4, 2024 | 464 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 55% | 28% | 17% [lower-alpha 1] |
Emerson College | October 1–4, 2023 | 539 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 59% | 23% | 18% |
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