West Virginia 1948 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the West Virginia 1948 presidential election with 429,188 votes (57.3%), a margin of D+15.1. West Virginia's 4 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

57.3%

42.2%

429,188

Democratic Candidate (57.3%)

316,251

Republican Candidate (42.2%)

Total Votes: 748,750|Margin: D+15.1

County Results

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County Results (55 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Fayette County	D+48.7	D+37.4	D+22.5	29,278	D+11.0%
Webster County	D+41.8	D+33.1	D+20.1	5,267	D+7.1%
Boone County	D+39.8	D+27.9	D+20.9	9,697	D+10.1%
McDowell County	D+37.7	D+42.7	D+33.1	31,472	D+10.4%
Logan County	D+37.2	D+40.6	D+25.7	23,559	D+7.7%
Mingo County	D+35.7	D+42.3	D+32.7	15,292	D+1.8%
Raleigh County	D+30.7	D+21.6	R+0.4	30,259	D+3.6%
Hancock County	D+28.4	D+13.2	D+8.6	12,973	D+2.1%
Brooke County	D+28.2	D+15.3	D+15.8	10,512	D+5.2%
Marion County	D+27.6	D+12.2	D+2.7	31,357	D+6.9%
Hampshire County	D+27.1	R+6.4	R+31.7	3,718	D+6.5%
Wayne County	D+26.8	D+6.9	R+2.5	12,031	D+7.9%
Randolph County	D+26.7	D+14.3	R+11.5	10,412	D+0.5%
Jefferson County	D+26.6	D+2.3	R+16.5	6,009	R+1.8%
Hardy County	D+25.8	R+6.2	R+28.3	3,878	D+8.6%
Summers County	D+24.9	D+11.4	R+5.4	7,412	D+5.5%
Gilmer County	D+24.7	D+11.5	R+13.3	3,776	D+4.1%
Wyoming County	D+23.1	D+18.1	D+2.8	10,948	D+0.4%
Greenbrier County	D+21.2	D+6.5	R+13.4	12,562	D+0.9%
Mercer County	D+20.3	R+1.9	R+20.5	25,348	D+0.9%
Braxton County	D+19.9	D+21.7	D+7.2	7,158	D+2.3%
Nicholas County	D+19.3	D+14.5	R+0.7	8,432	D+5.5%
Harrison County	D+18.4	D+13.2	R+12.9	35,757	D+7.2%
Calhoun County	D+15.7	D+3.2	R+8.9	3,681	D+1.3%
Wetzel County	D+14.7	D+5.6	R+13.1	7,829	D+5.5%
Monongalia County	D+13.0	D+3.3	R+6.1	21,683	D+9.1%
Kanawha County	D+12.7	D+0.2	R+15.3	94,695	R+0.3%
Cabell County	D+12.0	R+4.4	R+16.8	42,410	D+4.6%
Clay County	D+11.4	D+19.5	D+11.9	5,352	D+5.2%
Pendleton County	D+9.9	D+1.3	R+16.6	3,543	D+1.5%
Tucker County	D+9.7	D+1.7	R+11.8	4,693	D+0.4%
Putnam County	D+8.6	R+7.8	R+27.8	8,164	D+10.0%
Pocahontas County	D+7.4	D+3.7	R+13.1	5,132	R+3.2%
Marshall County	D+6.6	D+3.6	R+4.0	15,122	D+10.8%
Berkeley County	D+5.9	R+18.2	R+35.1	12,873	D+8.6%
Barbour County	D+5.0	D+2.0	R+11.0	8,100	D+8.6%
Lincoln County	D+4.3	D+13.8	D+10.7	8,514	D+11.0%
Ohio County	D+3.7	R+1.8	R+13.9	33,147	R+0.1%
Mineral County	D+2.3	R+12.9	R+31.1	8,996	D+9.8%
Wood County	D+0.1	R+18.2	R+37.1	28,493	D+3.2%
Pleasants County	R+0.4	R+10.4	R+21.4	3,099	D+3.3%
Taylor County	R+0.8	D+3.2	R+18.5	7,871	D+2.4%
Wirt County	R+2.3	R+5.1	R+25.1	2,532	D+7.3%
Monroe County	R+5.8	R+2.0	R+21.5	5,588	D+3.2%
Roane County	R+6.7	R+12.1	R+20.6	7,908	D+3.5%
Mason County	R+14.9	R+2.9	R+7.6	9,491	D+6.1%
Lewis County	R+16.2	R+3.8	R+32.4	8,341	D+3.4%
Jackson County	R+23.7	R+18.2	R+26.3	6,923	D+6.6%
Preston County	R+26.0	R+14.1	R+26.3	9,596	D+12.7%
Morgan County	R+32.3	R+26.8	R+40.8	3,267	D+11.7%
Tyler County	R+33.3	R+28.0	R+38.8	4,753	D+7.9%
Doddridge County	R+35.2	R+27.7	R+47.2	3,599	D+9.4%
Ritchie County	R+35.7	R+34.8	R+46.1	5,345	D+5.5%
Upshur County	R+37.0	R+23.3	R+41.1	7,419	D+7.9%
Grant County	R+61.8	R+52.5	R+63.4	3,484	D+6.3%

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County Results (55 counties)

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