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West Virginia

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1892–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1892 → 2024

2024StatewideR+41.9

55 counties by 2024 margin · County presidential returns

County results55 areas · 2024 President vote · select an area for its full record

MonongaliaR+4.4Dem 19,265Rep 21,084Other 1,103Total 41,452JeffersonR+15.8Dem 11,967Rep 16,573Other 616Total 29,156KanawhaR+17.4Dem 30,231Rep 43,352Other 1,656Total 75,239CabellR+21.9Dem 13,474Rep 21,229Other 726Total 35,429OhioR+26.0Dem 6,727Rep 11,593Other 369Total 18,689MarionR+31.2Dem 8,185Rep 15,881Other 568Total 24,634BerkeleyR+35.8Dem 17,500Rep 37,580Other 1,022Total 56,102HarrisonR+40.9Dem 8,402Rep 20,480Other 613Total 29,495FayetteR+41.8Dem 4,387Rep 10,910Other 323Total 15,620GreenbrierR+42.2Dem 4,196Rep 10,517Other 283Total 14,996WoodR+43.0Dem 10,317Rep 26,380Other 616Total 37,313BrookeR+44.6Dem 2,621Rep 6,986Other 175Total 9,782RandolphR+46.1Dem 3,008Rep 8,356Other 230Total 11,594PutnamR+46.3Dem 7,124Rep 19,868Other 515Total 27,507HancockR+46.8Dem 3,360Rep 9,462Other 208Total 13,030TuckerR+48.9Dem 890Rep 2,669Other 77Total 3,636MarshallR+50.0Dem 3,186Rep 9,808Other 239Total 13,233PocahontasR+50.3Dem 927Rep 2,889Other 85Total 3,901TaylorR+51.3Dem 1,694Rep 5,422Other 149Total 7,265SummersR+51.4Dem 1,226Rep 3,931Other 107Total 5,264BraxtonR+51.9Dem 1,233Rep 3,991Other 89Total 5,313WayneR+53.4Dem 3,532Rep 11,934Other 281Total 15,747RoaneR+53.8Dem 1,218Rep 4,189Other 114Total 5,521RaleighR+54.3Dem 6,816Rep 23,644Other 506Total 30,966WetzelR+55.5Dem 1,294Rep 4,718Other 156Total 6,168MorganR+55.6Dem 1,947Rep 7,009Other 141Total 9,097JacksonR+56.2Dem 2,699Rep 9,907Other 216Total 12,822UpshurR+56.8Dem 2,033Rep 7,633Other 193Total 9,859GilmerR+57.0Dem 486Rep 1,822Other 36Total 2,344PrestonR+57.0Dem 2,953Rep 11,176Other 297Total 14,426MercerR+57.3Dem 4,851Rep 18,372Other 361Total 23,584BooneR+57.4Dem 1,641Rep 6,314Other 187Total 8,142HardyR+57.7Dem 1,297Rep 4,997Other 117Total 6,411MasonR+58.0Dem 2,111Rep 8,232Other 204Total 10,547PendletonR+58.6Dem 680Rep 2,687Other 58Total 3,425PleasantsR+59.0Dem 656Rep 2,632Other 60Total 3,348LewisR+59.3Dem 1,372Rep 5,550Other 126Total 7,048MineralR+60.2Dem 2,483Rep 10,247Other 174Total 12,904NicholasR+60.2Dem 1,919Rep 7,960Other 158Total 10,037McDowellR+60.4Dem 1,036Rep 4,310Other 79Total 5,425BarbourR+60.5Dem 1,199Rep 5,071Other 125Total 6,395MonroeR+61.8Dem 1,155Rep 5,089Other 123Total 6,367ClayR+62.3Dem 580Rep 2,597Other 63Total 3,240LincolnR+62.5Dem 1,279Rep 5,770Other 138Total 7,187HampshireR+62.6Dem 1,890Rep 8,464Other 146Total 10,500CalhounR+64.8Dem 488Rep 2,391Other 57Total 2,936WirtR+66.3Dem 409Rep 2,120Other 52Total 2,581WebsterR+66.7Dem 479Rep 2,478Other 41Total 2,998LoganR+66.7Dem 1,848Rep 9,500Other 121Total 11,469TylerR+67.4Dem 554Rep 2,991Other 72Total 3,617RitchieR+73.0Dem 517Rep 3,473Other 60Total 4,050WyomingR+73.0Dem 980Rep 6,503Other 82Total 7,565DoddridgeR+73.3Dem 374Rep 2,541Other 41Total 2,956MingoR+73.8Dem 1,061Rep 7,325Other 104Total 8,490GrantR+79.0Dem 552Rep 4,949Other 67Total 5,568

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

English15.7%9.5%

German14.7%12.5%

Irish12.3%9.4%

American9.5%5.3%

Italian4.1%4.8%

Scottish2.1%1.3%

Polish1.4%2.2%

Scotch-Irish1.3%—

African American†2.6%9.9%

Mexican0.7%11.3%

Puerto Rican0.3%1.8%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Median age	42.9	39.1
Age 18–24	8.8%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	21.1%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Median household income	$59,608	$84,427
Poverty rate	16.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	24.4%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Owner-occupied homes	74.9%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	25.1%	34.8%
Median home value	$162,600	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$872	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	48.9%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	15.4%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Mean commute	26.6 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	9.7%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	78.1%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.5%	3.2%
Works from home	9.1%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	2.5%	22.3%
Spanish	1.2%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Catholic	5.6%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	16.4%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	62.3%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	12.5%	5.2%

Origins and service

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Foreign-born residents	1.8%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	1.0%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	0.8%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	7.4%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.471	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

2024 turnout 54.6% of 1,409,277 citizens 18+

HarrisDemocratic28.1%214,309TrumpRepublican70.0%533,556OtherAll other candidates1.9%14,717

R+41.9

Lead: 319,247
Total: 762,582
vs nation: R+40.4
Turnout: 54.6%

BidenDemocratic29.7%235,984TrumpRepublican68.6%545,382JorgensenLibertarian1.3%10,687

R+38.9

Lead: 309,398
Total: 794,731
vs nation: R+43.4
Turnout: 56.1%

ClintonDemocratic26.2%188,794TrumpRepublican67.8%489,371JohnsonLibertarian3.2%23,004

R+41.7

Lead: 300,577
Total: 721,261
vs nation: R+43.8
Turnout: 50.4%

ObamaDemocratic35.5%238,269RomneyRepublican62.1%417,655JohnsonLibertarian0.9%6,302

R+26.7

Lead: 179,386
Total: 672,119
vs nation: R+30.5
Turnout: —

ObamaDemocratic42.6%303,857MccainRepublican55.7%397,466NaderIndependent1.0%7,219

R+13.1

Lead: 93,609
Total: 713,362
vs nation: R+20.4
Turnout: —

KerryDemocratic43.2%326,541BushRepublican56.1%423,778NaderIndependent0.5%4,063

R+12.9

Lead: 97,237
Total: 755,887
vs nation: R+10.4
Turnout: —

GoreDemocratic45.6%295,497BushRepublican51.9%336,475NaderGreen1.6%10,680

R+6.3

Lead: 40,978
Total: 648,124
vs nation: R+6.8
Turnout: —

ClintonDemocratic51.5%327,812DoleRepublican36.8%233,946PerotReform Party11.3%71,639

D+14.7

Lead: 93,866
Total: 636,459
vs nation: D+6.2
Turnout: —

West Virginia held a bachelor's degree or higher among 24 percent of its residents in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate, a share that ranks in the first percentile among US states. Median household income was $60,500 in the same estimate, in the second percentile within its tier. The poverty rate stood at 17 percent in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate. Both the educational-attainment figure and the income figure place the state at the bottom of its tier on those measures. West Virginia's presidential margin was D+36 in 1964, its strongest Democratic margin in the elections covered. In 2024 the margin was R+42, its strongest Republican margin in the same span. That 2024 figure was the largest Republican margin in a presidential record running from 1892 to 2024. The figures reported here represent the area-wide total aggregated across the state's constituent counties rather than a single community. West Virginia had a population of 1,778,373 in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate. The median age was 42.9 in the same estimate. The presidential margins reported here represent the statewide total across all constituent counties rather than a single community, and the demographic figures are drawn from the 2024 ACS five-year estimate.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the state moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.9 points.

A population of 1,778,373, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,608 describe the state.

current representation

Current officeholders

RPatrick MorriseyGovernor

RKris WarnerSecretary of State

RJohn McCuskeyAttorney General

RMark HuntState Auditor

RLarry PackState Treasurer

RKent LeonhardtCommissioner of Agriculture

RShelley CapitoU.S. Senate+0.28

RJim Justice IIU.S. Senate+0.57

U.S. House2 seats · R 2

RWV-01Carol Miller

RWV-02Riley Moore

Statewide officers curated as of 2026-06-27 (Ballotpedia / WV SoS); U.S. delegation from Voteview HSall_members.csv.

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