The American Vote
2024 result
WV

West Virginia

Party timeline · 1864–2024

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Swing timeline · West Virginia
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 12 flips across 41 cycles.
Rep 2000–2024 · 7 straight1864 · Lincoln (Republican) · 5 EV1868 · Grant (Republican) · 5 EV1872 · Grant (Republican) · 5 EV1876 · Tilden (Democratic) · 5 EV1880 · Hancock (Democratic) · 5 EV1884 · Cleveland (Democratic) · 6 EV1888 · Cleveland (Democratic) · 6 EV1892 · Cleveland (Democratic) · 6 EV1896 · McKinley (Republican) · 6 EV1900 · McKinley (Republican) · 6 EV1904 · Roosevelt (Republican) · 7 EV1908 · Taft (Republican) · 7 EV1912 · Wilson (Democratic) · 8 EV1916 · Hughes (Republican) · 8 EV · Hughes 7, Wilson 11920 · Harding (Republican) · 8 EV1924 · Coolidge (Republican) · 8 EV1928 · Hoover (Republican) · 8 EV1932 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 8 EV1936 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 8 EV1940 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 8 EV1944 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 8 EV1948 · Truman (Democratic) · 8 EV1952 · Stevenson (Democratic) · 8 EV1956 · Eisenhower (Republican) · 8 EV1960 · Kennedy (Democratic) · 8 EV1964 · Johnson (Democratic) · 7 EV1968 · Humphrey (Democratic) · 7 EV1972 · Nixon (Republican) · 6 EV1976 · Carter (Democratic) · 6 EV1980 · Carter (Democratic) · 6 EV1984 · Reagan (Republican) · 6 EV1988 · Dukakis (Democratic) · 6 EV · Dukakis 5, Bentsen 11992 · Clinton (Democratic) · 5 EV1996 · Clinton (Democratic) · 5 EV2000 · Bush (Republican) · 5 EV2004 · Bush (Republican) · 5 EV2008 · McCain (Republican) · 5 EV2012 · Romney (Republican) · 5 EV2016 · Trump (Republican) · 5 EV2020 · Trump (Republican) · 5 EV2024 · Trump (Republican) · 4 EV188019001920194019601980200020208EV
Electoral votes over time
2468101864 · 5 EV1868 · 5 EV1872 · 5 EV1876 · 5 EV1880 · 5 EV1884 · 6 EV1888 · 6 EV1892 · 6 EV1896 · 6 EV1900 · 6 EV1904 · 7 EV1908 · 7 EV1912 · 8 EV1916 · 8 EV · Hughes 7, Wilson 11920 · 8 EV1924 · 8 EV1928 · 8 EV1932 · 8 EV1936 · 8 EV1940 · 8 EV1944 · 8 EV1948 · 8 EV1952 · 8 EV1956 · 8 EV1960 · 8 EV1964 · 7 EV1968 · 7 EV1972 · 6 EV1976 · 6 EV1980 · 6 EV1984 · 6 EV1988 · 6 EV · Dukakis 5, Bentsen 11992 · 5 EV1996 · 5 EV2000 · 5 EV2004 · 5 EV2008 · 5 EV2012 · 5 EV2016 · 5 EV2020 · 5 EV2024 · 4 EV186419001932196820002024
By party · all cycles
Rep 21
Dem 20

Popular vote · newest first

Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.

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West Virginia in every presidential election: who carried it, popular vote, margin and swing
YearCarried byDemRepOthers namedMarginSwing
2024Rep Trump
Harris
214,309
28.1%
Trump
533,556
70.0%
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 8,947 · 1.2%
319,247
41.9 pts
R +2.9
since 2020
2020Rep Trump
Biden
235,984
29.7%
Trump
545,382
68.6%
Jo Jorgensen 10,687 · 1.3%
309,398
38.9 pts
D +3.2
since 2016
2016Rep Trump
Clinton
188,794
26.5%
Trump
489,371
68.6%
Gary Johnson 23,004 · 3.2%
Jill Stein 8,075 · 1.1%
300,577
42.2 pts
R +15.4
since 2012
2012Rep Romney
Obama
238,269
35.5%
Romney
417,655
62.3%
None
179,386
26.8 pts
R +13.6
since 2008
2008Rep McCain
Obama
303,857
42.6%
McCain
397,466
55.7%
Ralph Nader 7,219 · 1.0%
93,609
13.1 pts
R +0.3
since 2004
2004Rep Bush
Kerry
326,541
43.2%
Bush
423,778
56.1%
None
97,237
12.9 pts
R +6.5
since 2000
2000Rep Bush
Gore
295,497
45.6%
Bush
336,475
51.9%
Ralph Nader 10,680 · 1.6%
40,978
6.3 pts
R +21.1
since 1996
1996Dem Clinton
Clinton
327,812
51.5%
Dole
233,946
36.8%
Ross Perot 71,639 · 11.3%
93,866
14.7 pts
D +1.7
since 1992
1992Dem Clinton
Clinton
331,001
48.4%
Bush
241,974
35.4%
Ross Perot 108,829 · 15.9%
89,027
13.0 pts
D +8.3
since 1988
1988Dem Dukakis
Dukakis 5, Bentsen 1 (cast by one elector)
Dukakis
341,016
52.2%
Bush
310,065
47.5%
None
30,951
4.7 pts
D +15.3
since 1984
1984Rep Reagan
Mondale
328,125
44.6%
Reagan
405,483
55.1%
None
77,358
10.5 pts
R +15.0
since 1980
1980Dem Carter
Carter
367,462
49.8%
Reagan
334,206
45.3%
John B. Anderson 31,691 · 4.3%
33,256
4.5 pts
R +11.6
since 1976
1976Dem Carter
Carter
435,864
58.1%
Ford
314,726
41.9%
None
121,138
16.1 pts
D +43.4
since 1972
1972Rep Nixon
McGovern
277,435
36.4%
Nixon
484,964
63.6%
None
207,529
27.2 pts
R +36.0
since 1968
1968Dem Humphrey
Humphrey
374,091
49.6%
Nixon
307,555
40.8%
George Wallace 72,560 · 9.6%
66,536
8.8 pts
R +27.1
since 1964
1964Dem Johnson
Johnson
538,087
67.9%
Goldwater
253,953
32.1%
None
284,134
35.9 pts
D +30.4
since 1960
1960Dem Kennedy
Kennedy
441,786
52.7%
Nixon
395,995
47.3%
None
45,791
5.5 pts
D +13.6
since 1956
1956Rep Eisenhower
Stevenson
381,534
45.9%
Eisenhower
449,297
54.1%
None
67,763
8.2 pts
R +12.0
since 1952
1952Dem Stevenson
Stevenson
453,578
51.9%
Eisenhower
419,970
48.1%
None
33,608
3.8 pts
R +11.2
since 1948
1948Dem Truman
Truman
429,188
57.3%
Dewey
316,251
42.2%
None
112,937
15.1 pts
D +5.3
since 1944
1944Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
392,777
54.9%
Dewey
322,819
45.1%
None
69,958
9.8 pts
R +4.4
since 1940
19401Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
495,6621
57.1%
Willkie
372,4141
42.9%
None
123,248
14.2 pts
R +7.1
since 1936
1936Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
502,582
60.5%
Landon
325,486
39.2%
None
177,096
21.3 pts
D +11.3
since 1932
1932Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
405,124
54.5%
Hoover
330,731
44.5%
None
74,393
10.0 pts
D +27.4
since 1928
1928Rep Hoover
Smith
263,784
41.0%
Hoover
375,551
58.4%
None
111,767
17.4 pts
R +12.0
since 1924
19242,3Rep Coolidge
Davis
257,2322
44.1%
Coolidge
288,6352
49.5%
Robert M. La Follette 36,723 · 6.3%2
31,403
5.4 pts
D +6.6
since 1920
19204Rep Harding
Cox
220,7894
43.3%
Harding
282,0074
55.3%
Eugene V. Debs 5,618 · 1.1%4
61,218
12.0 pts
R +11.1
since 1916
1916Rep Hughes
Hughes 7, Wilson 1
Wilson
140,403
48.5%
Hughes
143,124
49.4%
Allan L. Benson 6,150 · 2.1%
2,721
0.9 pts
R +21.9
since 1912
1912Dem Wilson
Wilson
113,197
42.1%
Taft
56,754
21.1%
Theodore Roosevelt 79,112 · 29.4%
Eugene V. Debs 15,248 · 5.7%
Eugene W. Chafin 4,517 · 1.7%
34,085
12.7 pts
D +31.2
since 1908
1908Rep Taft
Bryan
111,418
43.2%
Taft
137,869
53.4%
Eugene W. Chafin 5,139 · 2.0%
Eugene V. Debs 3,679 · 1.4%
26,451
10.2 pts
D +3.0
since 1904
1904Rep Roosevelt
Parker
100,850
42.1%
Roosevelt
132,608
55.3%
Silas C. Swallow 4,413 · 1.8%
31,758
13.2 pts
R +3.7
since 1900
19005Rep McKinley
Bryan
98,7915
44.7%
McKinley
119,8515
54.3%
None
21,060
9.5 pts
R +3.8
since 1896
18966Rep McKinley
Bryan
92,9276
46.6%
McKinley
104,4146
52.4%
None
11,487
5.8 pts
R +8.2
since 1892
18927Dem Cleveland
Cleveland
84,4677
49.4%
Harrison
80,2937
46.9%
James B. Weaver 4,166 · 2.4%7
John Bidwell 2,145 · 1.3%7
4,174
2.4 pts
D +2.1
since 1888
1888Dem Cleveland
Cleveland
78,677
49.3%
Harrison
78,171
49.0%
None
506
0.3 pts
R +2.9
since 1884
18848,9Dem Cleveland
Cleveland
67,3178
50.9%
Blaine
63,0968
47.7%
None
4,221
3.2 pts
R +6.7
since 1880
188010Dem Hancock
Hancock
57,39110
50.9%
Garfield
46,24310
41.0%
James B. Weaver 9,079 · 8.1%10
11,148
9.9 pts
R +3.8
since 1876
187611Dem Tilden
Tilden
56,45511
56.2%
Hayes
42,69811
42.5%
Peter Cooper 1,373 · 1.4%11
13,757
13.7 pts
D +18.1
since 1872
187212,13Rep Grant
Greeley
29,53712
47.3%
Grant
32,28312
51.7%
None
2,746
4.4 pts
D +13.3
since 1868
186814Rep Grant
Seymour
20,30614
41.2%
Grant
29,02514
58.8%
None
8,719
17.7 pts
First sourced year
186415Rep LincolnState popular vote not yet sourced.

Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.

Notes on the figures

  1. 1940 The official table notes: Willkie's figure is printed with a damaged first digit; it is read as 372,414 (the glyph has the rounded base of a 3, not the flat base of a 2), and only 372,414 makes the row add up to its printed Total of 868,076 and the column add up to its printed total.
  2. 1924 La Follette's figure is the official table's: socialist and Farmer-Labor vote combined (footnote 11).
  3. 1924 The official table notes: Socialist and Farmer-Labor vote combined (footnote 11).
  4. 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  5. 1900 The official table's state total (220,788) is 1 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
  6. 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  7. 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  8. 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  9. 1884 The official table notes: † Fusion of the Republicans and Greenbackers on one electoral ticket (the Blaine figure is the fusion ticket's vote).
  10. 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  11. 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  12. 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
  13. 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  14. 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  15. 1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.

SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1891 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1886 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac for 1873 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Results · oldest → newest

Civil War
1864
Lincoln
Republican · 5 EV
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction
1868
Grant
Republican · 5 EV
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction
1872
Grant
Republican · 5 EV
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age
1876
Tilden
Democratic · 5 EV
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age
1880
Hancock
Democratic · 5 EV
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age
1884
Cleveland
Democratic · 6 EV
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age
1888
Cleveland
Democratic · 6 EV
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age
1892
Cleveland
Democratic · 6 EV
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era
1896
McKinley
Republican · 6 EV
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era
1900
McKinley
Republican · 6 EV
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era
1904
Roosevelt
Republican · 7 EV
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era
1908
Taft
Republican · 7 EV
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era
1912
Wilson
Democratic · 8 EV
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era
1916
Hughes
Republican · 8 EV · Hughes 7, Wilson 1
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties
1920
Harding
Republican · 8 EV
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties
1924
Coolidge
Republican · 8 EV
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties
1928
Hoover
Republican · 8 EV
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition
1932
Roosevelt
Democratic · 8 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1936
Roosevelt
Democratic · 8 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1940
Roosevelt
Democratic · 8 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1944
Roosevelt
Democratic · 8 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1948
Truman
Democratic · 8 EV
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1952
Stevenson
Democratic · 8 EV
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition
1956
Eisenhower
Republican · 8 EV
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition
1960
Kennedy
Democratic · 8 EV
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1964
Johnson
Democratic · 7 EV
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment
1968
Humphrey
Democratic · 7 EV
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1972
Nixon
Republican · 6 EV
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1976
Carter
Democratic · 6 EV
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment
1980
Carter
Democratic · 6 EV
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1984
Reagan
Republican · 6 EV
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1988
Dukakis
Democratic · 6 EV · Dukakis 5, Bentsen 1
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization
1992
Clinton
Democratic · 5 EV
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization
1996
Clinton
Democratic · 5 EV
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization
2000
Bush
Republican · 5 EV
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization
2004
Bush
Republican · 5 EV
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization
2008
McCain
Republican · 5 EV
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization
2012
Romney
Republican · 5 EV
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization
2016
Trump
Republican · 5 EV
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization
2020
Trump
Republican · 5 EV
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization
2024
Trump
Republican · 4 EV
National: Donald Trump · Rep

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