Between 1912 and 2020 in the state of West Virginia there have been 28 elections of which: 15 have been won by Democrats, 13 won by Republicans, and 0 won by "other parties".
| Year | Electoral | Presidential Candidate Votes | Population | Votes | Turnout | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 8 | D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 113,197 8 Electoral Votes
R William Howard Taft (OH) 56,754
O Eugene W. Chafin (IL) 4,517
O Theodore Roosevelt (NY) 79,112
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 15,248
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA) |
1,233,757 | 268,828 | 21.79% | D |
| 1916 | 8 | D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 140,403 1 Electoral Votes
O Allan L. Benson (NY) 6,150
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA)
R Charles Evans Hughes (NY) 143,124 7 Electoral Votes
O Frank Hanly (IN) 175 |
1,259,032 | 289,852 | 23.02% | R |
| 1920 | 8 | D James M. Cox (OH) 220,789
O Parley P. Christensen (IL)
O James E. Ferguson (TX)
R Warren G. Harding (OH) 282,007 8 Electoral Votes
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 5,618
O Aaron S. Watkins (IN) 1,528
O Other (XX) |
1,463,701 | 509,942 | 34.84% | R |
| 1924 | 8 | D John W. Davis (WV) 257,232
O Herman P. Faris (MO)
O Other (XX)
R Calvin Coolidge (MA) 288,635 8 Electoral Votes
O Robert M. La Follette (WI) 36,723
O William Z. Foster (MA) |
1,480,463 | 582,590 | 39.35% | R |
| 1928 | 8 | D Al Smith (NY) 263,784
O William Z. Foster (IL) 401
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 375,551 8 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1,313
O Verne L. Reynolds (MI) |
1,497,225 | 641,049 | 42.82% | R |
| 1932 | 8 | D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 405,124 8 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 5,133
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 330,731
O Other (XX) 2,786 |
1,763,789 | 743,774 | 42.17% | D |
| 1936 | 8 | D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 502,582 8 Electoral Votes
O William Lemke (ND)
O Earl Browder (KS) 1,173
R Alfred Landon (KS) 325,358
O Norman Thomas (NY) 832 |
1,832,958 | 829,945 | 45.28% | D |
| 1940 | 8 | O Norman Thomas (NY)
R Wendell Willkie (NY) 372,414
O Other (XX)
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 495,662 8 Electoral Votes |
1,901,974 | 868,076 | 45.64% | D |
| 1944 | 8 | D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 392,777 8 Electoral Votes
O Texas Regulars (TX)
O Other (XX)
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 322,819
O Norman Thomas (NY) |
1,978,053 | 715,596 | 36.18% | D |
| 1948 | 8 | R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 316,251
O Henry A. Wallace (IA) 3,311
O Other (XX)
D Harry S. Truman (MO) 429,188 8 Electoral Votes
O Strom Thurmond (SC)
O Norman Thomas (NY) |
2,054,132 | 748,750 | 36.45% | D |
| 1952 | 8 | O Eric Hass (NY)
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 453,578 8 Electoral Votes
O Stuart Hamblen (TX)
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 419,970
O Vincent Hallinan (CA) |
2,045,663 | 873,548 | 42.7% | D |
| 1956 | 8 | D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 381,534
O Eric Hass (NY)
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 449,297 8 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) |
2,125,885 | 830,831 | 39.08% | R |
| 1960 | 8 | R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 395,995
O Eric Hass (NY)
D John Fitzgerald Kennedy (MA) 441,786 8 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) |
1,860,421 | 837,781 | 45.03% | D |
| 1964 | 7 | R Barry Morris Goldwater (AZ) 253,953
O Eric Hass (NY)
D Lyndon Baines Johnson (TX) 538,087 7 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) |
1,934,838 | 792,040 | 40.94% | D |
| 1968 | 7 | O George Corley Wallace (AL) 72,560
D Hubert Horatio Humphrey (MN) 374,091 7 Electoral Votes
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 307,555 |
2,009,255 | 754,206 | 37.54% | D |
| 1972 | 6 | D George Stanley McGovern (SD) 277,435
O Linda Jenness (GA)
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 484,964 6 Electoral Votes
O John G. Schmitz (CA) |
1,779,122 | 762,399 | 42.85% | R |
| 1976 | 6 | R Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (MI) 314,760
O Roger MacBride (VT)
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 435,914 6 Electoral Votes
O Eugene McCarthy (MN) |
1,848,891 | 750,674 | 40.6% | D |
| 1980 | 6 | D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 367,462 6 Electoral Votes
O Ed Clark (CA) 4,356
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 334,206
O John Bayard Anderson (IL) 31,691 |
1,949,644 | 737,715 | 37.84% | D |
| 1984 | 6 | D Walter Frederick Mondale (MN) 328,125
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 405,483 6 Electoral Votes
O David Bergland (CA) |
2,027,630 | 733,608 | 36.18% | R |
| 1988 | 6 | D Michael Stanley Dukakis (MA) 341,016 5 Electoral Votes
O Lenora Fulani (PA) 2,230
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 310,065
O Ronald Ernest Paul (TX) |
2,105,615 | 653,311 | 31.03% | D |
| 1992 | 5 | R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 241,974
O Andre Verne Marrou (AK) 1,873
D William Jefferson Clinton (AR) 331,001 5 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 108,829
O Other (XX) |
1,829,347 | 683,677 | 37.37% | D |
| 1996 | 5 | D William Jefferson Clinton (AK) 327,812 5 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 71,639
O Harry Browne (TN) 3,062
R Robert Joseph Dole (KS) 233,946
O Ralph Nader (CT)
O Other (XX) |
1,901,086 | 636,459 | 33.48% | D |
| 2000 | 5 | D Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN) 295,497
O Pat Buchanan (VA) 3,169
O Howard Phillips (VA) 23
O Other (XX) 1
R George Walker Bush (TX) 336,475 5 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 10,680
O Harry Browne (TN) 1,912
O John Hagelin (IA) 367 |
1,808,344 | 648,124 | 35.84% | R |
| 2004 | 5 | D John Forbes Kerry (MA) 326,541
O Michael Badnarik (TX) 1,405
O David Cobb (TX) 5
R George Walker Bush (TX) 423,778 5 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 4,063
O Michael Peroutka (MD) 82
O Other (XX) 13 |
1,880,678 | 755,887 | 40.19% | R |
| 2008 | 5 | O Robert Laurence Barr (GA)
O Cynthia McKinney (GA) 2,355
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 303,857
O Ralph Nader (CT) 7,219
O Charles Obadiah Baldwin (FL) 2,465
O Other (XX) 89
R John Sidney McCain (AZ) 397,466 5 Electoral Votes |
1,953,011 | 713,451 | 36.53% | R |
| 2012 | 5 | D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 238,269
O Gary Johnson (NM) 6,302
O Other (XX) 3,806
R Mitt Romney (MA) 417,655 5 Electoral Votes
O Jill Stein (MA) 4,406 |
1,890,054 | 670,438 | 35.47% | R |
| 2016 | 5 | O Jill Stein (MA) 8,016
R Donal Trump (NY) 486,304 5 Electoral Votes
O Evan McMullin (UT)
O Gary Johnson (NM) 22,958
D Hillary Clinton (NY) 187,519 |
1,964,173 | 704,797 | 35.88% | R |
| 2020 | 5 | D Joe Biden (DE) 235,984
O Jo Jorgensen (SC) 10,687
R Donald Trump (FL) 545,382 5 Electoral Votes
O Howie Hawkins (CA) 2,599 |
1,882,753 | 794,652 | 42.21% | R |