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The 2024 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place on May 14, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 25 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates. [1]
The following candidates have been certified to appear on the ballot in West Virginia: [2]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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| Stephen Lyons (withdrawn) | 7,368 | 7.6% | |||
| Dean Phillips (withdrawn) | 7,214 | 7.5% | |||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 |
Biden secured his best result in Jefferson County; alongside Kanawha and Monongalia counties, it was one of the three counties where he earned more than 80% of the vote. Conversely, he fell below 50% in five counties, performing the worst in Wyoming County. It was also where Palmer recorded his best performance, at 24.2%. Neither Lyons nor Phillips crossed the 20% threshold, although Phillips came close to it in Logan County with 19.8%. [4]
| County | Biden | Palmer | Lyons | Phillips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour | 57.6% | 17% | 15.2% | 7.3% |
| Berkeley | 78.3% | 7.2% | 7.4% | 4.6% |
| Boone | 53.4% | 16.4% | 11.2% | 13.3% |
| Braxton | 59.4% | 14.6% | 9.7% | 13.5% |
| Brooke | 66.3% | 14.5% | 8.6% | 7.3% |
| Cabell | 78% | 8.5% | 5.7% | 4.7% |
| Calhoun | 57.9% | 19.4% | 8.5% | 11.2% |
| Clay | 47.7% | 19.7% | 10.5% | 15% |
| Doddridge | 64.6% | 14.2% | 8% | 11.5% |
| Fayette | 66.7% | 9.4% | 7.6% | 12.8% |
| Gilmer | 52.7% | 21.9% | 8.7% | 13.6% |
| Grant | 74.4% | 9.5% | 7.7% | 6.5% |
| Greenbrier | 75.8% | 10.8% | 3.7% | 7.3% |
| Hampshire | 63.5% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 9.1% |
| Hancock | 65.1% | 11.3% | 9.9% | 10.9% |
| Hardy | 63.3% | 14.2% | 9.2% | 10.4% |
| Harrison | 68.4% | 11.8% | 8.4% | 7.5% |
| Jackson | 68.4% | 12.8% | 9.6% | 6.3% |
| Jefferson | 86.1% | 4.7% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Kanawha | 80.8% | 6.6% | 5.8% | 4.4% |
| Lewis | 57.9% | 15.9% | 10.7% | 13.6% |
| Lincoln | 55.5% | 14.3% | 11.8% | 16.2% |
| Logan | 51.8% | 15.7% | 8.4% | 19.8% |
| Marion | 67.2% | 11.3% | 10.4% | 8.4% |
| Marshall | 65.2% | 17.2% | 7.5% | 7.2% |
| Mason | 59.8% | 20.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| McDowell | 57.6% | 14.1% | 9.1% | 14.5% |
| Mercer | 68.1% | 13.4% | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| Mineral | 66.8% | 10% | 15.4% | 5.8% |
| Mingo | 49.2% | 23.8% | 7.8% | 14.4% |
| Monongalia | 80.8% | 8.7% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Monroe | 71.5% | 10.1% | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| Morgan | 71.5% | 10.1% | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| Nicholas | 62.2% | 17.6% | 11.2% | 7% |
| Ohio | 77.3% | 10.7% | 2.9% | 6.8% |
| Pendleton | 66.5% | 11.3% | 10.5% | 9.1% |
| Pleasants | 65.1% | 17.3% | 9.3% | 5.8% |
| Pocahontas | 66.4% | 12.5% | 9.2% | 10.1% |
| Preston | 64.7% | 14.3% | 10.8% | 7.1% |
| Putnam | 77% | 7% | 7.2% | 7% |
| Raleigh | 67.9% | 13.9% | 6.7% | 7.9% |
| Randolph | 61.8% | 13.8% | 9.4% | 12.3% |
| Ritchie | 63.3% | 17.4% | 9.2% | 7.8% |
| Roane | 70.3% | 16% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Summers | 66.5% | 15.4% | 8.2% | 7% |
| Taylor | 67.5% | 16.8% | 7.9% | 6.3% |
| Tucker | 64.4% | 10.4% | 15.3% | 8% |
| Tyler | 57.4% | 18.7% | 8.6% | 13.4% |
| Upshur | 68.7% | 9.5% | 12% | 6.7% |
| Wayne | 59.1% | 18.5% | 8.6% | 10.3% |
| Webster | 49.9% | 18.9% | 9.4% | 17.5% |
| Wetzel | 57.8% | 16.3% | 9.2% | 12.8% |
| Wirt | 48.4% | 14.6% | 17.5% | 18.7% |
| Wood | 72.5% | 11.6% | 6.9% | 6.1% |
| Wyoming | 44.8% | 24.2% | 11.8% | 14.8% |
Biden won both congressional districts. He performed slightly better in the second one, mimicking the Democrats' small overperformance there in the 2022 House election. [5]
| District | Biden | Palmer | Others | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 69.5% | 11.87% | 18.65% | Carol Miller |
| 2nd | 71.7% | 11.02% | 17.28% | Alex Mooney |
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