United States presidential elections in West Virginia

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.

Presidential elections in West Virginia

No. of elections	40
Voted Democratic	20
Voted Republican	20
Voted other	0
Voted for winning candidate	29
Voted for losing candidate	11

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[lower-alpha 1]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2020[1]	Joe Biden	235,984	29.70	Donald Trump	545,382	68.63	—			5
2016[2]	Donald Trump[lower-alpha 2]	489,371	67.85	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[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 3]	—	—	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[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 2]	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

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. 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. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
5. "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.
6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

See also

• Elections in West Virginia