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| Elections in West Virginia |
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The 2004 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary was held on May 11 in the U.S. state of West Virginia as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Kerry | 175,065 | 69.24 | 28 |
| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 33,950 | 13.43 | 0 |
| Joe Lieberman (withdrawn) | 13,881 | 5.49 | 0 |
| Howard Dean (withdrawn) | 10,576 | 4.18 | 0 |
| Wesley Clark (withdrawn) | 9,170 | 3.63 | 0 |
| Dennis Kucinich | 6,114 | 2.42 | 0 |
| Lyndon LaRouche | 4,083 | 1.61 | 0 |
| Total | 252,839 | 100% | 28 |
| County | Kerry | Edwards | Lieberman | Dean | Clark | Kucinich | LaRouche | Margin | Total | ||||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 1,585 | 70.57% | 259 | 11.53% | 122 | 5.43% | 86 | 3.83% | 105 | 4.67% | 50 | 2.23% | 39 | 1.74% | 1,326 | 59.04% | 2,246 |
| Berkeley | 2,981 | 67.12% | 579 | 13.04% | 247 | 5.56% | 273 | 6.15% | 182 | 4.10% | 84 | 1.89% | 95 | 2.14% | 2,402 | 54.09% | 4,441 |
| Boone | 4,491 | 75.08% | 764 | 12.77% | 223 | 3.73% | 167 | 2.79% | 147 | 2.46% | 109 | 1.82% | 81 | 1.35% | 3,727 | 62.30% | 5,982 |
| Braxton | 2,215 | 68.13% | 464 | 14.27% | 142 | 4.37% | 131 | 4.03% | 126 | 3.88% | 110 | 3.38% | 63 | 1.94% | 1,751 | 53.86% | 3,251 |
| Brooke | 3,174 | 70.58% | 512 | 11.39% | 258 | 5.74% | 210 | 4.67% | 150 | 3.34% | 147 | 3.27% | 46 | 1.02% | 2,662 | 59.20% | 4,497 |
| Cabell | 8,941 | 69.35% | 2,080 | 16.13% | 753 | 5.84% | 310 | 2.40% | 348 | 2.70% | 344 | 2.67% | 116 | 0.90% | 6,861 | 53.22% | 12,892 |
| Calhoun | 841 | 65.04% | 192 | 14.85% | 53 | 4.10% | 67 | 5.18% | 52 | 4.02% | 60 | 4.64% | 28 | 2.17% | 649 | 50.19% | 1,293 |
| Clay | 1,467 | 66.29% | 288 | 13.01% | 110 | 4.97% | 101 | 4.56% | 130 | 5.87% | 72 | 3.25% | 45 | 2.03% | 1,179 | 53.28% | 2,213 |
| Doddridge | 363 | 68.88% | 56 | 10.63% | 22 | 4.17% | 15 | 2.85% | 34 | 6.45% | 29 | 5.50% | 8 | 1.52% | 307 | 58.25% | 527 |
| Fayette | 4,865 | 69.09% | 987 | 14.02% | 322 | 4.57% | 369 | 5.24% | 282 | 4.00% | 123 | 1.75% | 94 | 1.33% | 3,878 | 55.07% | 7,042 |
| Gilmer | 937 | 62.63% | 220 | 14.71% | 82 | 5.48% | 61 | 4.08% | 75 | 5.01% | 92 | 6.15% | 29 | 1.94% | 717 | 47.93% | 1,496 |
| Grant | 232 | 70.09% | 49 | 14.80% | 12 | 3.63% | 12 | 3.63% | 15 | 4.53% | 6 | 1.81% | 5 | 1.51% | 183 | 55.29% | 331 |
| Greenbrier | 3,470 | 65.07% | 878 | 16.46% | 274 | 5.14% | 224 | 4.20% | 198 | 3.71% | 114 | 2.14% | 175 | 3.28% | 2,592 | 48.60% | 5,333 |
| Hampshire | 1,387 | 63.68% | 318 | 14.60% | 139 | 6.38% | 96 | 4.41% | 87 | 3.99% | 45 | 2.07% | 106 | 4.87% | 1,069 | 49.08% | 2,178 |
| Hancock | 3,955 | 70.12% | 657 | 11.65% | 333 | 5.90% | 235 | 4.17% | 199 | 3.53% | 153 | 2.71% | 108 | 1.91% | 3,298 | 58.48% | 5,640 |
| Hardy | 1,066 | 62.38% | 273 | 15.97% | 101 | 5.91% | 81 | 4.74% | 81 | 4.74% | 17 | 0.99% | 90 | 5.27% | 793 | 46.40% | 1,709 |
| Harrison | 8,120 | 69.38% | 1,411 | 12.06% | 892 | 7.62% | 459 | 3.92% | 414 | 3.54% | 245 | 2.09% | 162 | 1.38% | 6,709 | 57.33% | 11,703 |
| Jackson | 2,732 | 76.40% | 408 | 11.41% | 131 | 3.66% | 125 | 3.50% | 60 | 1.68% | 75 | 2.10% | 45 | 1.26% | 2,324 | 64.99% | 3,576 |
| Jefferson | 3,310 | 75.73% | 393 | 8.99% | 201 | 4.60% | 172 | 3.94% | 124 | 2.84% | 107 | 2.45% | 64 | 1.46% | 2,917 | 66.74% | 4,371 |
| Kanawha | 19,675 | 70.81% | 3,999 | 14.39% | 1,345 | 4.84% | 906 | 3.26% | 1,032 | 3.71% | 590 | 2.12% | 237 | 0.85% | 15,676 | 56.42% | 27,784 |
| Lewis | 1,540 | 64.11% | 355 | 14.78% | 151 | 6.29% | 132 | 5.50% | 117 | 4.87% | 60 | 2.50% | 47 | 1.96% | 1,185 | 49.33% | 2,402 |
| Lincoln | 3,290 | 76.28% | 456 | 10.57% | 125 | 2.90% | 141 | 3.27% | 109 | 2.53% | 133 | 3.08% | 59 | 1.37% | 2,834 | 65.71% | 4,313 |
| Logan | 5,093 | 74.83% | 611 | 8.98% | 284 | 4.17% | 327 | 4.80% | 269 | 3.95% | 136 | 2.00% | 86 | 1.26% | 4,482 | 65.85% | 6,806 |
| Marion | 8,215 | 71.09% | 1,381 | 11.95% | 736 | 6.37% | 397 | 3.44% | 398 | 3.44% | 205 | 1.77% | 223 | 1.93% | 6,834 | 59.14% | 11,555 |
| Marshall | 3,719 | 68.74% | 748 | 13.83% | 299 | 5.53% | 263 | 4.86% | 152 | 2.81% | 161 | 2.98% | 68 | 1.26% | 2,971 | 54.92% | 5,410 |
| Mason | 3,112 | 75.13% | 415 | 10.02% | 158 | 3.81% | 186 | 4.49% | 105 | 2.54% | 104 | 2.51% | 62 | 1.50% | 2,697 | 65.11% | 4,142 |
| McDowell | 3,309 | 71.30% | 668 | 14.39% | 168 | 3.62% | 149 | 3.21% | 145 | 3.12% | 112 | 2.41% | 90 | 1.94% | 2,641 | 56.91% | 4,641 |
| Mercer | 4,640 | 60.84% | 1,519 | 19.92% | 559 | 7.33% | 307 | 4.03% | 358 | 4.69% | 113 | 1.48% | 130 | 1.70% | 3,121 | 40.93% | 7,626 |
| Mineral | 1,738 | 66.51% | 312 | 11.94% | 156 | 5.97% | 195 | 7.46% | 98 | 3.75% | 63 | 2.41% | 51 | 1.95% | 1,426 | 54.57% | 2,613 |
| Mingo | 5,004 | 75.34% | 605 | 9.11% | 241 | 3.63% | 314 | 4.73% | 209 | 3.15% | 116 | 1.75% | 153 | 2.30% | 4,399 | 66.23% | 6,642 |
| Monongalia | 6,093 | 66.74% | 989 | 10.83% | 773 | 8.47% | 480 | 5.26% | 314 | 3.44% | 351 | 3.84% | 129 | 1.41% | 5,104 | 55.91% | 9,129 |
| Monroe | 1,232 | 65.46% | 351 | 18.65% | 87 | 4.62% | 76 | 4.04% | 64 | 3.40% | 28 | 1.49% | 44 | 2.34% | 881 | 46.81% | 1,882 |
| Morgan | 656 | 70.39% | 121 | 12.98% | 46 | 4.94% | 39 | 4.18% | 34 | 3.65% | 19 | 2.04% | 17 | 1.82% | 535 | 57.40% | 932 |
| Nicholas | 3,064 | 68.93% | 619 | 13.93% | 275 | 6.19% | 180 | 4.05% | 160 | 3.60% | 85 | 1.91% | 62 | 1.39% | 2,445 | 55.01% | 4,445 |
| Ohio | 4,238 | 68.37% | 738 | 11.91% | 506 | 8.16% | 283 | 4.57% | 149 | 2.40% | 215 | 3.47% | 70 | 1.13% | 3,500 | 56.46% | 6,199 |
| Pendleton | 1,010 | 70.73% | 178 | 12.46% | 51 | 3.57% | 58 | 4.06% | 52 | 3.64% | 27 | 1.89% | 52 | 3.64% | 832 | 58.26% | 1,428 |
| Pleasants | 810 | 67.56% | 202 | 16.85% | 67 | 5.59% | 39 | 3.25% | 29 | 2.42% | 22 | 1.83% | 30 | 2.50% | 608 | 50.71% | 1,199 |
| Pocahontas | 950 | 67.52% | 169 | 12.01% | 64 | 4.55% | 61 | 4.34% | 62 | 4.41% | 45 | 3.20% | 56 | 3.98% | 781 | 55.51% | 1,407 |
| Preston | 1,836 | 66.14% | 336 | 12.10% | 177 | 6.38% | 135 | 4.86% | 151 | 5.44% | 69 | 2.49% | 72 | 2.59% | 1,500 | 54.03% | 2,776 |
| Putnam | 4,596 | 70.18% | 863 | 13.18% | 286 | 4.37% | 308 | 4.70% | 271 | 4.14% | 146 | 2.23% | 79 | 1.21% | 3,733 | 57.00% | 6,549 |
| Raleigh | 5,853 | 62.67% | 1,668 | 17.86% | 607 | 6.50% | 508 | 5.44% | 323 | 3.46% | 245 | 2.62% | 135 | 1.45% | 4,185 | 44.81% | 9,339 |
| Randolph | 3,223 | 64.18% | 698 | 13.90% | 284 | 5.66% | 292 | 5.81% | 270 | 5.38% | 147 | 2.93% | 108 | 2.15% | 2,525 | 50.28% | 5,022 |
| Ritchie | 451 | 67.51% | 96 | 14.37% | 28 | 4.19% | 27 | 4.04% | 24 | 3.59% | 33 | 4.94% | 9 | 1.35% | 355 | 53.14% | 668 |
| Roane | 1,367 | 74.29% | 207 | 11.25% | 49 | 2.66% | 75 | 4.08% | 75 | 4.08% | 54 | 2.93% | 13 | 0.71% | 1,160 | 63.04% | 1,840 |
| Summers | 1,560 | 64.49% | 434 | 17.94% | 128 | 5.29% | 110 | 4.55% | 98 | 4.05% | 51 | 2.11% | 38 | 1.57% | 1,126 | 46.55% | 2,419 |
| Taylor | 1,589 | 67.36% | 320 | 13.57% | 132 | 5.60% | 97 | 4.11% | 128 | 5.43% | 70 | 2.97% | 23 | 0.97% | 1,269 | 53.79% | 2,359 |
| Tucker | 887 | 64.74% | 228 | 16.64% | 71 | 5.18% | 81 | 5.91% | 50 | 3.65% | 28 | 2.04% | 25 | 1.82% | 659 | 48.10% | 1,370 |
| Tyler | 592 | 67.89% | 105 | 12.04% | 58 | 6.65% | 45 | 5.16% | 32 | 3.67% | 28 | 3.21% | 12 | 1.38% | 487 | 55.85% | 872 |
| Upshur | 1,396 | 70.47% | 245 | 12.37% | 74 | 3.74% | 101 | 5.10% | 105 | 5.30% | 38 | 1.92% | 22 | 1.11% | 1,151 | 58.10% | 1,981 |
| Wayne | 5,517 | 72.13% | 921 | 12.04% | 385 | 5.03% | 261 | 3.41% | 260 | 3.40% | 156 | 2.04% | 149 | 1.95% | 4,596 | 60.09% | 7,649 |
| Webster | 1,715 | 69.32% | 342 | 13.82% | 98 | 3.96% | 77 | 3.11% | 123 | 4.97% | 63 | 2.55% | 56 | 2.26% | 1,373 | 55.50% | 2,474 |
| Wetzel | 2,259 | 65.54% | 563 | 16.33% | 200 | 5.80% | 145 | 4.21% | 122 | 3.54% | 119 | 3.45% | 39 | 1.13% | 1,696 | 49.20% | 3,447 |
| Wirt | 638 | 68.60% | 113 | 12.15% | 56 | 6.02% | 45 | 4.84% | 32 | 3.44% | 29 | 3.12% | 17 | 1.83% | 525 | 56.45% | 930 |
| Wood | 5,333 | 68.01% | 977 | 12.46% | 496 | 6.32% | 428 | 5.46% | 311 | 3.97% | 201 | 2.56% | 96 | 1.22% | 4,356 | 55.55% | 7,842 |
| Wyoming | 2,733 | 67.88% | 610 | 15.15% | 244 | 6.06% | 114 | 2.83% | 130 | 3.23% | 70 | 1.74% | 125 | 3.10% | 2,123 | 52.73% | 4,026 |
| Totals | 175,065 | 69.24% | 33,950 | 13.43% | 13,881 | 5.49% | 10,576 | 4.18% | 9,170 | 3.63% | 6,114 | 2.42% | 4,083 | 1.61% | 141,115 | 55.81% | 252,839 |
| Source: West Virginia Blue Book 2004 (page 594) | |||||||||||||||||
From the time of the Great Depression through the 1990s, the politics of West Virginia were largely dominated by the Democratic Party. In the 2000 presidential election, George W. Bush claimed a surprise victory over Al Gore, with 52% of the vote; he won West Virginia again in 2004, with 56% of the vote. West Virginia is now a heavily Republican state, with John McCain winning the state in 2008, Mitt Romney in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020.
The 2004 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4. Incumbent Senator Jay Rockefeller won re-election to a fifth term in a landslide, defeating Republican Jay Wolfe by a 27-point margin. Despite this overwhelming win, this remains the last time that a Democrat has won West Virginia's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. In both of the two subsequent elections for the seat, Republicans have swept every single county.
The 2004 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2004 for the post of Governor of West Virginia. Democratic Secretary of State of West Virginia Joe Manchin defeated Republican Monty Warner. Manchin won all but 3 counties. Despite Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry losing the state to George W. Bush by double digits in the concurrent presidential election, Manchin won by nearly 30 points.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 2008, which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. West Virginia voters chose five electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.
The 1996 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1988 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
The 2016 United States presidential election in West Virginia was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. West Virginia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
The 1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1976, in West Virginia as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. The two major party candidates, Republican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter were the only candidates to appear on the state's ballot.
The 1964 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1900 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
The 1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 2020 United States presidential election in West Virginia was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. West Virginia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. West Virginia had five electoral votes in the Electoral College.
The 1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1916 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1928 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
