United States presidential elections in West Virginia information
Presidential elections in West Virginia
Number of elections
40
Voted Democratic
20
Voted Republican
20
Voted other
0
Voted for winning candidate
29
Voted for losing candidate
11
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.
Year
Winner (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Runner-up (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Other national candidates[a]
Votes
Percent
Electoral Votes
Notes
2020[1]
Joe Biden
235,984
29.70
Donald Trump
545,382
68.63
—
5
2016[2]
Donald Trump[b]
489,371
68.50
Hillary Clinton
188,794
26.5
—
5
2012[3]
Barack Obama
238,269
35.54
Mitt Romney
417,655
62.3
—
5
2008[4]
Barack Obama
303,857
42.59
John McCain
397,466
55.71
—
5
2004[5]
George W. Bush
423,778
56.06
John Kerry
326,541
43.2
—
5
2000[6]
George W. Bush[b]
336,475
51.92
Al Gore
295,497
45.59
—
5
1996[7]
Bill Clinton
327,812
51.51
Bob Dole
233,946
36.76
Ross Perot
71,639
11.26
5
1992
Bill Clinton
331,001
48.41
George H. W. Bush
241,974
35.39
Ross Perot
108,829
15.91
5
1988
George H. W. Bush
310,065
47.46
Michael Dukakis
341,016
52.2
—
6
electoral vote split: 5 to Dukakis, 1 to Bentsen (faithless elector)
1984
Ronald Reagan
405,483
55.11
Walter Mondale
328,125
44.6
—
6
1980
Ronald Reagan
334,206
45.3
Jimmy Carter
367,462
49.81
John B. Anderson
31,691
4.3
6
1976
Jimmy Carter
435,914
58.07
Gerald Ford
314,760
41.93
—
6
1972
Richard Nixon
484,964
63.61
George McGovern
277,435
36.39
—
6
1968
Richard Nixon
307,555
40.78
Hubert Humphrey
374,091
49.6
George Wallace
72,560
9.62
7
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
538,087
67.94
Barry Goldwater
253,953
32.06
—
7
1960
John F. Kennedy
441,786
52.73
Richard Nixon
395,995
47.27
—
8
1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
449,297
54.08
Adlai Stevenson II
381,534
45.92
T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors[c]
—
—
8
1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower
419,970
48.08
Adlai Stevenson II
453,578
51.92
—
8
1948
Harry S. Truman
429,188
57.32
Thomas E. Dewey
316,251
42.24
Strom Thurmond
—
—
8
1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt
392,777
54.89
Thomas E. Dewey
322,819
45.11
—
8
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt
495,662
57.1
Wendell Willkie
372,414
42.9
—
8
1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt
502,582
60.56
Alf Landon
325,358
39.2
—
8
1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt
405,124
54.47
Herbert Hoover
330,731
44.47
—
8
1928
Herbert Hoover
375,551
58.43
Al Smith
263,784
41.04
—
8
1924
Calvin Coolidge
288,635
49.45
John W. Davis
257,232
44.07
Robert M. La Follette
36,723
6.29
8
1920
Warren G. Harding
282,007
55.30
James M. Cox
220,789
43.30
Parley P. Christensen
—
—
8
1916
Woodrow Wilson
140,403
48.44
Charles E. Hughes
143,124
49.38
—
8
electoral vote split: 7 to Hughes, 1 to Wilson (faithless elector)
1912
Woodrow Wilson
113,197
42.11
Theodore Roosevelt
79,112
29.43
William H. Taft
56,754
21.11
8
1908
William H. Taft
137,869
53.42
William Jennings Bryan
111,418
43.17
—
7
1904
Theodore Roosevelt
132,620
55.26
Alton B. Parker
100,855
42.03
—
7
1900
William McKinley
119,829
54.27
William Jennings Bryan
98,807
44.75
—
6
1896
William McKinley
105,379
52.23
William Jennings Bryan
94,480
46.83
—
6
1892
Grover Cleveland
84,467
49.37
Benjamin Harrison
80,292
46.93
James B. Weaver
4,167
2.44
6
1888
Benjamin Harrison[b]
78,171
49.03
Grover Cleveland
78,677
49.35
—
6
1884
Grover Cleveland
67,311
50.94
James G. Blaine
63,096
47.75
—
6
1880
James A. Garfield
46,243
41.05
Winfield S. Hancock
57,390
50.95
James B. Weaver
9,008
8.00
5
1876
Rutherford B. Hayes[b]
41,997
42.15
Samuel J. Tilden
56,546
56.75
—
5
1872
Ulysses S. Grant
32,320
51.74
Horace Greeley
29,532
47.28
—
5
1868
Ulysses S. Grant
29,015
58.8
Horatio Seymour
20,306
41.2
—
5
1864
Abraham Lincoln
23,799
68.2
George B. McClellan
11,078
31.8
—
5
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^2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
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