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Election 1940 Results

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1940 West Virginia governor election

Matthew M. Neely (Democrat) beat Daniel Boone Dawson (Republican) in West Virginia in 1940, 56.4% to 43.6%, a margin of 12.8 points and 112,330 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Homer A. Holt won.

Democrats led in 39 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 16. The largest, Kanawha, cast 98,140 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.4 points. The closest was Pleasants, where 12 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Matthew M. Neely won Democratic 496,028 56.4%
Daniel Boone Dawson Republican 383,698 43.6%
Total879,726

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 56,621 57.7% 41,519 42.3% 98,140 D+15.4
Cabell 27,875 56.2% 21,749 43.8% 49,624 D+12.3
Harrison 22,773 56.9% 17,221 43.1% 39,994 D+13.9
Ohio 20,082 50.6% 19,581 49.4% 39,663 D+1.3
McDowell 23,922 61.7% 14,819 38.3% 38,741 D+23.5
Raleigh 22,299 63.4% 12,876 36.6% 35,175 D+26.8
Marion 21,452 62.2% 13,052 37.8% 34,504 D+24.3
Fayette 22,349 66.7% 11,134 33.3% 33,483 D+33.5
Wood 15,758 49.9% 15,817 50.1% 31,575 R+0.2
Mercer 17,624 59.2% 12,164 40.8% 29,788 D+18.3
Logan 17,294 62.2% 10,494 37.8% 27,788 D+24.5
Monongalia 13,655 57.7% 9,997 42.3% 23,652 D+15.5
Marshall 9,016 49.0% 9,368 51.0% 18,384 R+1.9
Mingo 11,887 66.6% 5,954 33.4% 17,841 D+33.3
Greenbrier 10,217 60.8% 6,597 39.2% 16,814 D+21.5
Wayne 9,603 62.1% 5,850 37.9% 15,453 D+24.3
Berkeley 8,538 56.0% 6,715 44.0% 15,253 D+12.0
Hancock 8,249 60.1% 5,474 39.9% 13,723 D+20.2
Randolph 8,859 67.4% 4,291 32.6% 13,150 D+34.7
Preston 4,990 38.0% 8,135 62.0% 13,125 R+24.0
Wyoming 7,748 62.9% 4,575 37.1% 12,323 D+25.7
Boone 7,824 64.6% 4,279 35.4% 12,103 D+29.3
Brooke 6,609 58.2% 4,749 41.8% 11,358 D+16.4
Lewis 4,804 43.9% 6,141 56.1% 10,945 R+12.2
Mason 4,633 42.7% 6,214 57.3% 10,847 R+14.6
Roane 5,196 49.2% 5,356 50.8% 10,552 R+1.5
Mineral 5,233 50.1% 5,219 49.9% 10,452 D+0.1
Wetzel 5,650 55.2% 4,587 44.8% 10,237 D+10.4
Lincoln 5,302 52.0% 4,892 48.0% 10,194 D+4.0
Nicholas 5,499 55.6% 4,399 44.4% 9,898 D+11.1
Taylor 4,986 50.5% 4,886 49.5% 9,872 D+1.0
Braxton 5,759 58.5% 4,083 41.5% 9,842 D+17.0
Barbour 5,150 52.7% 4,628 47.3% 9,778 D+5.3
Putnam 4,863 52.8% 4,355 47.2% 9,218 D+5.5
Summers 5,272 57.3% 3,928 42.7% 9,200 D+14.6
Upshur 3,041 33.7% 5,977 66.3% 9,018 R+32.6
Jackson 3,347 39.5% 5,123 60.5% 8,470 R+21.0
Jefferson 5,398 70.6% 2,245 29.4% 7,643 D+41.3
Ritchie 2,533 33.3% 5,063 66.7% 7,596 R+33.3
Webster 4,720 69.9% 2,030 30.1% 6,750 D+39.9
Monroe 3,330 49.5% 3,402 50.5% 6,732 R+1.1
Pocahontas 3,726 56.5% 2,871 43.5% 6,597 D+13.0
Tyler 2,109 32.5% 4,374 67.5% 6,483 R+34.9
Clay 3,454 53.9% 2,953 46.1% 6,407 D+7.8
Tucker 3,525 57.5% 2,610 42.5% 6,135 D+14.9
Gilmer 3,410 62.9% 2,007 37.1% 5,417 D+25.9
Hampshire 3,451 68.0% 1,625 32.0% 5,076 D+36.0
Calhoun 3,089 61.4% 1,940 38.6% 5,029 D+22.8
Doddridge 1,695 33.8% 3,316 66.2% 5,011 R+32.3
Pendleton 2,830 59.5% 1,924 40.5% 4,754 D+19.1
Hardy 2,832 62.8% 1,674 37.2% 4,506 D+25.7
Grant 995 24.0% 3,143 76.0% 4,138 R+51.9
Morgan 1,456 35.6% 2,638 64.4% 4,094 R+28.9
Pleasants 1,866 49.8% 1,878 50.2% 3,744 R+0.3
Wirt 1,630 47.4% 1,807 52.6% 3,437 R+5.1

Counties as they stood in 1940; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

West Virginia governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Patrick Morrisey (R) R+30.4
2020 Jim Justice (R) R+33.3
2016 Jim Justice (D) D+6.8
2012 Earl Ray Tomblin (D) D+4.8
2011 Earl Ray Tomblin (D) D+2.5
2008 Joe Manchin (D) D+44.1
2004 Joe Manchin (D) D+29.5
2000 Robert Ellsworth Wise (D) D+2.9
1996 Cecil H. Underwood (R) R+5.8
1992 Gaston Caperton (D) D+19.5
1988 Gaston Caperton (D) D+17.7
1984 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+6.5
1980 Jay Rockefeller (D) D+8.7
1976 Jay Rockefeller (D) D+32.3
1972 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+9.5
1968 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+1.7
1964 Hulett Smith (D) D+9.8
1960 W. W. Barron (D) D+8.0
1956 Cecil H. Underwood (R) R+7.8
1952 William C. Marland (D) D+3.1
1948 Okey L. Patteson (D) D+14.2
1944 Clarence W. Meadows (D) D+8.9
1940 Matthew M. Neely (D) D+12.8
1936 Homer A. Holt (D) D+18.3
1932 Herman G. Kump (D) D+8.0
1928 William G. Conley (R) R+7.6
1924 Howard M. Gore (R) R+7.2
1920 Ephraim F. Morgan (R) R+11.1
1916 John J. Cornwell (D) D+1.0
1912 Henry D. Hatfield (R) R+3.3
1908 William E. Glasscock (R) R+4.6
1904 William M.O. Dawson (R) R+3.8
1900 Albert B. White (R) R+8.4
1896 George W. Atkinson (R) R+6.0
1892 William A. MacCorkle (D) D+2.3
1888 A. Brooks Fleming (D) R+0.1
1884 E. Willis Wilson (D) D+3.9
1880 Jacob B. Jackson (D) D+13.6
1876 Henry M. Mathews (D) D+12.7
1872 John J. Jacob (other)
1870 John J. Jacob (D) D+3.9
1868 William E. Stevenson (R) R+9.3
1866 Arthur I. Boreman (R) R+16.2