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State record · WV

West Virginia

4 electoral votes in 202455 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+601868: R+17.6 two-party · 49,316 votes18681872: R+4.5 two-party · 62,467 votes1876: D+14.8 two-party · 99,647 votes1880: D+4.2 two-party · 103,334 votes1884: D+3.2 two-party · 132,145 votes1888: D+0.3 two-party · 159,440 votes18881892: D+2.5 two-party · 171,079 votes1896: R+5.5 two-party · 201,757 votes1900: R+9.6 two-party · 220,796 votes1904: R+13.6 two-party · 239,987 votes1908: R+10.6 two-party · 258,098 votes19081912: D+33.2 two-party · 264,211 votes1916: R+1.0 two-party · 289,671 votes1920: R+12.2 two-party · 509,934 votes1924: R+5.8 two-party · 583,662 votes1928: R+17.5 two-party · 642,752 votes19281932: D+10.1 two-party · 743,774 votes1936: D+21.4 two-party · 830,363 votes1940: D+14.2 two-party · 868,076 votes1944: D+9.8 two-party · 715,596 votes1948: D+15.2 two-party · 748,750 votes19481952: D+3.8 two-party · 873,548 votes1956: R+8.2 two-party · 830,831 votes1960: D+5.5 two-party · 837,781 votes1964: D+35.9 two-party · 792,040 votes1968: D+9.8 two-party · 754,206 votes19681972: R+27.2 two-party · 762,399 votes1976: D+16.1 two-party · 750,590 votes · 6 EV1980: D+4.7 two-party · 737,715 votes · 6 EV1984: R+10.5 two-party · 735,742 votes · 6 EV1988: D+4.8 two-party · 653,311 votes · 6 EV19881992: D+15.5 two-party · 683,677 votes · 5 EV1996: D+16.7 two-party · 636,459 votes · 5 EV2000: R+6.5 two-party · 648,124 votes · 5 EV2004: R+13.0 two-party · 755,792 votes · 5 EV2008: R+13.3 two-party · 713,451 votes · 5 EV20082012: R+27.3 two-party · 670,438 votes · 5 EV2016: R+44.3 two-party · 713,051 votes · 5 EV2020: R+39.6 two-party · 794,652 votes · 5 EV2024: R+42.7 two-party · 762,584 votes · 4 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%
BarbourR+61.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BerkeleyR+36.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BooneR+58.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BraxtonR+52.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BrookeR+45.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CabellR+22.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CalhounR+66.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClayR+63.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DoddridgeR+74.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FayetteR+42.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GilmerR+57.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GrantR+79.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GreenbrierR+43.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HampshireR+63.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HancockR+47.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HardyR+58.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HarrisonR+41.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JacksonR+57.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JeffersonR+16.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
KanawhaR+17.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LewisR+60.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LincolnR+63.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LoganR+67.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MarionR+32.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MarshallR+51.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MasonR+59.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
McDowellR+61.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MercerR+58.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MineralR+61.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MingoR+74.7
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MonongaliaR+4.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MonroeR+63.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MorganR+56.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
NicholasR+61.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OhioR+26.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PendletonR+59.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PleasantsR+60.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PocahontasR+51.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PrestonR+58.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PutnamR+47.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RaleighR+55.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RandolphR+47.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RitchieR+74.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RoaneR+54.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SummersR+52.5
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TaylorR+52.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TuckerR+50.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TylerR+68.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
UpshurR+57.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WayneR+54.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WebsterR+67.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WetzelR+57.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WirtR+67.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WoodR+43.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WyomingR+73.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican