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Election 1868 Results

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1868 presidential election in West Virginia

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in West Virginia in 1868, 58.8% to 41.2%, a margin of 17.6 points and 8,704 votes.

West Virginia voted 12.3 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Republicans led in 41 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Ohio, cast 4,826 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.5 points. The closest was Gilmer, where 5 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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ulysses S. Grant won Republican 29,010 58.8%
Horatio Seymour Democratic 20,306 41.2%
Total49,316

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ohio 2,497 51.7% 2,329 48.3% 4,826 D+3.5
Wood 1,208 42.0% 1,668 58.0% 2,876 R+16.0
Marshall 965 36.6% 1,672 63.4% 2,637 R+26.8
Harrison 1,078 43.0% 1,430 57.0% 2,508 R+14.0
Preston 757 30.4% 1,735 69.6% 2,492 R+39.2
Monongalia 954 38.6% 1,518 61.4% 2,472 R+22.8
Mason 1,020 44.5% 1,273 55.5% 2,293 R+11.0
Kanawha 940 42.2% 1,288 57.8% 2,228 R+15.6
Marion 858 41.8% 1,197 58.2% 2,055 R+16.5
Berkeley 494 32.9% 1,009 67.1% 1,503 R+34.3
Taylor 652 45.3% 786 54.7% 1,438 R+9.3
Tyler 510 37.9% 836 62.1% 1,346 R+24.2
Wetzel 807 62.8% 479 37.2% 1,286 D+25.5
Lewis 654 50.9% 630 49.1% 1,284 D+1.9
Ritchie 387 33.5% 768 66.5% 1,155 R+33.0
Jackson 353 30.7% 795 69.3% 1,148 R+38.5
Doddridge 418 40.5% 615 59.5% 1,033 R+19.1
Brooke 505 50.8% 489 49.2% 994 D+1.6
Barbour 278 28.7% 689 71.3% 967 R+42.5
Hancock 385 44.4% 482 55.6% 867 R+11.2
Upshur 47 5.6% 799 94.4% 846 R+88.9
Putnam 291 40.1% 435 59.9% 726 R+19.8
Wirt 309 43.3% 405 56.7% 714 R+13.4
Mineral 280 43.6% 362 56.4% 642 R+12.8
Roane 199 31.5% 433 68.5% 632 R+37.0
Pleasants 310 52.5% 281 47.5% 591 D+4.9
Hampshire 413 76.5% 127 23.5% 540 D+53.0
Fayette 206 41.5% 290 58.5% 496 R+16.9
Morgan 95 22.6% 325 77.4% 420 R+54.8
Pendleton 123 29.7% 291 70.3% 414 R+40.6
Grant 19 4.7% 383 95.3% 402 R+90.5
Cabell 148 37.1% 251 62.9% 399 R+25.8
Randolph 176 44.3% 221 55.7% 397 R+11.3
Gilmer 184 49.3% 189 50.7% 373 R+1.3
Greenbrier 161 45.7% 191 54.3% 352 R+8.5
Monroe 102 31.3% 224 68.7% 326 R+37.4
Jefferson 120 37.2% 203 62.8% 323 R+25.7
Braxton 79 24.5% 243 75.5% 322 R+50.9
Hardy 235 79.9% 59 20.1% 294 D+59.9
Wayne 84 30.0% 196 70.0% 280 R+40.0
Wyoming 76 29.9% 178 70.1% 254 R+40.2
Calhoun 118 48.8% 124 51.2% 242 R+2.5
Raleigh 97 40.1% 145 59.9% 242 R+19.8
Pocahontas 45 19.1% 190 80.9% 235 R+61.7
Boone 85 37.3% 143 62.7% 228 R+25.4
Mercer 122 57.8% 89 42.2% 211 D+15.6
Lincoln 103 51.5% 97 48.5% 200 D+3.0
Tucker 137 70.3% 58 29.7% 195 D+40.5
Nicholas 13 8.4% 141 91.6% 154 R+83.1
Logan 87 69.6% 38 30.4% 125 D+39.2
Clay 24 19.5% 99 80.5% 123 R+61.0
McDowell 30 25.2% 89 74.8% 119 R+49.6
Webster 68 74.7% 23 25.3% 91 D+49.5

Counties as they stood in 1868; 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 in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+41.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+38.9
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+42.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+26.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+13.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+12.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+6.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+14.7
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.0
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+4.7
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.5
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+4.5
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+16.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+27.2
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+8.8
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+35.9
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+5.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+8.2
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+3.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.1
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+14.2
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.4
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+10.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+5.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+12.0
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+0.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+21.0
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+10.3
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+13.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+9.5
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+2.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+0.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+14.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+17.6