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1876 presidential election in West Virginia
Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) beat Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) in West Virginia in 1876, 56.7% to 42.1%, a margin of 14.6 points and 14,549 votes.
West Virginia voted 11.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.
West Virginia changed party: in 1872 it went Republican, for Ulysses S. Grant.
Democrats led in 43 of the 54 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 11. The largest, Ohio, cast 7,071 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.4 points. The closest was Mason, where 10 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel J. Tilden won | Democratic | 56,546 | 56.7% |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | 41,997 | 42.1% |
| All other candidates | 1,104 | 1.1% | |
| Total | 99,647 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 3,831 54.2% | 3,240 45.8% | 7,071 | D+8.4 | |
| Kanawha | 2,833 52.1% | 2,121 39.0% | 485 | 5,439 | D+13.1 |
| Wood | 2,265 51.9% | 2,096 48.1% | 4,361 | D+3.9 | |
| Mason | 1,900 49.5% | 1,890 49.2% | 50 | 3,840 | D+0.3 |
| Harrison | 1,958 52.0% | 1,711 45.4% | 100 | 3,769 | D+6.6 |
| Marshall | 1,499 43.2% | 1,971 56.8% | 3,470 | R+13.6 | |
| Berkeley | 1,897 54.8% | 1,563 45.2% | 3,460 | D+9.7 | |
| Preston | 1,224 36.5% | 2,133 63.5% | 3,357 | R+27.1 | |
| Marion | 1,735 51.9% | 1,560 46.7% | 46 | 3,341 | D+5.2 |
| Jefferson | 2,023 67.4% | 975 32.5% | 2 | 3,000 | D+34.9 |
| Monongalia | 1,136 41.8% | 1,572 57.9% | 8 | 2,716 | R+16.1 |
| Jackson | 1,298 51.2% | 1,239 48.8% | 2,537 | D+2.3 | |
| Taylor | 1,082 46.9% | 1,227 53.1% | 2,309 | R+6.3 | |
| Greenbrier | 1,669 72.9% | 619 27.1% | 2,288 | D+45.9 | |
| Barbour | 1,228 57.9% | 893 42.1% | 2,121 | D+15.8 | |
| Cabell | 1,355 64.5% | 742 35.3% | 4 | 2,101 | D+29.2 |
| Ritchie | 977 46.6% | 1,099 52.4% | 21 | 2,097 | R+5.8 |
| Wetzel | 1,373 66.3% | 595 28.7% | 104 | 2,072 | D+37.5 |
| Lewis | 1,198 59.0% | 833 41.0% | 2,031 | D+18.0 | |
| Hampshire | 1,657 85.5% | 278 14.4% | 2 | 1,937 | D+71.2 |
| Wayne | 1,362 71.9% | 532 28.1% | 1,894 | D+43.8 | |
| Monroe | 1,239 67.2% | 605 32.8% | 1,844 | D+34.4 | |
| Tyler | 810 44.9% | 985 54.6% | 9 | 1,804 | R+9.7 |
| Putnam | 977 56.4% | 604 34.9% | 150 | 1,731 | D+21.5 |
| Mineral | 971 58.2% | 697 41.8% | 1,668 | D+16.4 | |
| Fayette | 983 60.8% | 633 39.2% | 1,616 | D+21.7 | |
| Upshur | 582 36.1% | 1,029 63.9% | 1,611 | R+27.7 | |
| Roane | 924 57.5% | 648 40.3% | 35 | 1,607 | D+17.2 |
| Doddridge | 734 50.2% | 673 46.0% | 56 | 1,463 | D+4.2 |
| Summers | 869 63.7% | 496 36.3% | 1,365 | D+27.3 | |
| Braxton | 951 71.9% | 371 28.1% | 1,322 | D+43.9 | |
| Randolph | 944 75.9% | 300 24.1% | 1,244 | D+51.8 | |
| Pendleton | 808 70.0% | 346 30.0% | 1,154 | D+40.0 | |
| Brooke | 641 56.3% | 495 43.5% | 2 | 1,138 | D+12.8 |
| Wirt | 599 57.3% | 435 41.6% | 11 | 1,045 | D+15.7 |
| Hardy | 877 85.6% | 147 14.4% | 1,024 | D+71.3 | |
| Hancock | 428 45.2% | 518 54.8% | 946 | R+9.5 | |
| Morgan | 422 44.8% | 519 55.2% | 941 | R+10.3 | |
| Grant | 316 34.3% | 606 65.7% | 922 | R+31.5 | |
| Lincoln | 617 68.0% | 291 32.0% | 908 | D+35.9 | |
| Pleasants | 510 56.5% | 389 43.1% | 3 | 902 | D+13.4 |
| Mercer | 738 82.1% | 161 17.9% | 899 | D+64.2 | |
| Pocahontas | 627 72.4% | 239 27.6% | 866 | D+44.8 | |
| Gilmer | 583 67.9% | 276 32.1% | 859 | D+35.7 | |
| Raleigh | 525 62.6% | 314 37.4% | 839 | D+25.1 | |
| Nicholas | 528 65.6% | 277 34.4% | 805 | D+31.2 | |
| Calhoun | 525 67.0% | 258 33.0% | 783 | D+34.1 | |
| Logan | 683 91.8% | 61 8.2% | 744 | D+83.6 | |
| Boone | 526 74.6% | 176 25.0% | 3 | 705 | D+49.6 |
| Tucker | 316 70.9% | 130 29.1% | 446 | D+41.7 | |
| Wyoming | 188 44.0% | 239 56.0% | 427 | R+11.9 | |
| Webster | 324 88.3% | 43 11.7% | 367 | D+76.6 | |
| Clay | 142 50.0% | 129 45.4% | 13 | 284 | D+4.6 |
| McDowell | 139 88.5% | 18 11.5% | 157 | D+77.1 |
Counties as they stood in 1876; 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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |