United States presidential elections in West Virginia

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Presidential elections in West Virginia
West Virginia in United States.svg
Number of elections41
Voted Democratic20
Voted Republican21
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate30
Voted for losing candidate11

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in West Virginia, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1863, West Virginia has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Prior to 1863, the territory currently comprising the state of West Virginia was part of the state of Virginia, and citizens residing in that area have thus been able to participate in every U.S. election.

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Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [a]
VotesPercentElectoral
votes
Notes
2024 [1] [2] Donald Trump 533,55669.97 Kamala Harris 214,30928.104
2020 [3] Joe Biden 235,98429.69 Donald Trump 545,38268.625
2016 [4] Donald Trump [b] 489,37168.50 Hillary Clinton 188,79426.435
2012 [5] Barack Obama 238,26935.54 Mitt Romney 417,65562.35
2008 [6] Barack Obama 303,85742.59 John McCain 397,46655.715
2004 [7] George W. Bush 423,77856.06 John Kerry 326,54143.25
2000 [8] George W. Bush [b] 336,47551.92 Al Gore 295,49745.595
1996 [9] Bill Clinton 327,81251.51 Bob Dole 233,94636.76 Ross Perot 71,63911.265
1992 Bill Clinton 331,00148.41 George H. W. Bush 241,97435.39 Ross Perot 108,82915.915
1988 George H. W. Bush 310,06547.46 Michael Dukakis 341,01652.26electoral vote split: 5 to Dukakis, 1 to Bentsen (faithless elector)
1984 Ronald Reagan 405,48355.11 Walter Mondale 328,12544.66
1980 Ronald Reagan 334,20645.3 Jimmy Carter 367,46249.81 John B. Anderson 31,6914.36
1976 Jimmy Carter 435,91458.07 Gerald Ford 314,76041.936
1972 Richard Nixon 484,96463.61 George McGovern 277,43536.396
1968 Richard Nixon 307,55540.78 Hubert Humphrey 374,09149.6 George Wallace 72,5609.627
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 538,08767.94 Barry Goldwater 253,95332.067
1960 John F. Kennedy 441,78652.73 Richard Nixon 395,99547.278
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 449,29754.08 Adlai Stevenson II 381,53445.92 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors [c]
8
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 419,97048.08 Adlai Stevenson II 453,57851.928
1948 Harry S. Truman 429,18857.32 Thomas E. Dewey 316,25142.24 Strom Thurmond 8
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 392,77754.89 Thomas E. Dewey 322,81945.118
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 495,66257.1 Wendell Willkie 372,41442.98
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 502,58260.56 Alf Landon 325,35839.28
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 405,12454.47 Herbert Hoover 330,73144.478
1928 Herbert Hoover 375,55158.43 Al Smith 263,78441.048
1924 Calvin Coolidge 288,63549.45 John W. Davis 257,23244.07 Robert M. La Follette 36,7236.298
1920 Warren G. Harding 282,00755.30 James M. Cox 220,78943.30 Parley P. Christensen 8
1916 Woodrow Wilson 140,40348.44 Charles E. Hughes 143,12449.388electoral vote split: 7 to Hughes, 1 to Wilson (faithless elector)
1912 Woodrow Wilson 113,19742.11 Theodore Roosevelt 79,11229.43 William H. Taft 56,75421.118
1908 William H. Taft 137,86953.42 William Jennings Bryan 111,41843.177
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 132,62055.26 Alton B. Parker 100,85542.037
1900 William McKinley 119,82954.27 William Jennings Bryan 98,80744.756
1896 William McKinley 105,37952.23 William Jennings Bryan 94,48046.836
1892 Grover Cleveland 84,46749.37 Benjamin Harrison 80,29246.93 James B. Weaver 4,1672.446
1888 Benjamin Harrison [b] 78,17149.03 Grover Cleveland 78,67749.356
1884 Grover Cleveland 67,31150.94 James G. Blaine 63,09647.756
1880 James A. Garfield 46,24341.05 Winfield S. Hancock 57,39050.95 James B. Weaver 9,0088.005
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes [b] 41,99742.15 Samuel J. Tilden 56,54656.755
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 32,32051.74 Horace Greeley 29,53247.285
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 29,01558.8 Horatio Seymour 20,30641.25
1864 Abraham Lincoln 23,79968.2 George B. McClellan 11,07831.85

See also

Notes

  1. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  3. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

  1. https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/WV/122766/web.345435/#/detail/100
  2. https://sos.wv.gov/elections/Documents/2024%20General%20Write-in%20Results.pdf
  3. 2020 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  6. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  7. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  8. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  9. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.