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1900 presidential election in West Virginia
William McKinley (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in West Virginia in 1900, 54.3% to 44.8%, a margin of 9.5 points and 21,022 votes.
West Virginia voted 3.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+6.2.
The Republican hold continued from 1896, when William McKinley also won.
Republicans led in 37 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Ohio, cast 12,711 votes and went to the Republican by 13.4 points. The closest was Monroe, where 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William McKinley won | Republican | 119,829 | 54.3% |
| William Jennings Bryan | Democratic | 98,807 | 44.8% |
| All other candidates | 2,160 | 1.0% | |
| Total | 220,796 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 5,394 42.4% | 7,093 55.8% | 224 | 12,711 | R+13.4 |
| Kanawha | 4,736 39.3% | 7,249 60.2% | 63 | 12,048 | R+20.9 |
| Fayette | 3,230 37.1% | 5,404 62.0% | 83 | 8,717 | R+24.9 |
| Wood | 3,700 43.1% | 4,808 56.1% | 68 | 8,576 | R+12.9 |
| Marion | 3,612 44.6% | 4,351 53.7% | 138 | 8,101 | R+9.1 |
| Cabell | 3,251 46.5% | 3,667 52.5% | 67 | 6,985 | R+6.0 |
| Harrison | 2,678 39.8% | 3,918 58.3% | 125 | 6,721 | R+18.4 |
| Marshall | 2,132 34.7% | 3,790 61.7% | 225 | 6,147 | R+27.0 |
| Mason | 2,461 43.6% | 3,162 56.0% | 20 | 5,643 | R+12.4 |
| Preston | 1,323 25.6% | 3,800 73.4% | 52 | 5,175 | R+47.9 |
| Jackson | 2,194 43.3% | 2,840 56.0% | 35 | 5,069 | R+12.7 |
| McDowell | 1,218 24.4% | 3,761 75.4% | 11 | 4,990 | R+51.0 |
| Wayne | 2,654 54.0% | 2,258 46.0% | 4,912 | D+8.1 | |
| Mercer | 2,112 43.6% | 2,699 55.8% | 30 | 4,841 | R+12.1 |
| Berkeley | 2,287 47.5% | 2,506 52.0% | 23 | 4,816 | R+4.5 |
| Wetzel | 2,664 55.5% | 2,083 43.4% | 49 | 4,796 | D+12.1 |
| Monongalia | 1,577 34.0% | 2,978 64.2% | 87 | 4,642 | R+30.2 |
| Tyler | 1,831 41.8% | 2,514 57.4% | 35 | 4,380 | R+15.6 |
| Greenbrier | 2,455 56.5% | 1,870 43.0% | 23 | 4,348 | D+13.5 |
| Roane | 2,066 48.2% | 2,156 50.3% | 66 | 4,288 | R+2.1 |
| Ritchie | 1,571 37.0% | 2,512 59.2% | 161 | 4,244 | R+22.2 |
| Braxton | 2,103 52.2% | 1,894 47.0% | 31 | 4,028 | D+5.2 |
| Jefferson | 2,727 68.8% | 1,207 30.4% | 32 | 3,966 | D+38.3 |
| Randolph | 2,154 54.8% | 1,771 45.1% | 3 | 3,928 | D+9.8 |
| Putnam | 1,676 44.0% | 2,118 55.6% | 14 | 3,808 | R+11.6 |
| Lewis | 1,702 45.5% | 1,973 52.7% | 68 | 3,743 | R+7.2 |
| Summers | 1,822 51.0% | 1,751 49.0% | 3,573 | D+2.0 | |
| Taylor | 1,416 40.2% | 2,092 59.4% | 14 | 3,522 | R+19.2 |
| Barbour | 1,579 45.9% | 1,840 53.5% | 22 | 3,441 | R+7.6 |
| Upshur | 865 26.4% | 2,400 73.3% | 10 | 3,275 | R+46.9 |
| Lincoln | 1,487 46.5% | 1,712 53.5% | 3,199 | R+7.0 | |
| Doddridge | 1,222 38.9% | 1,893 60.2% | 28 | 3,143 | R+21.3 |
| Monroe | 1,532 49.2% | 1,556 50.0% | 24 | 3,112 | R+0.8 |
| Mineral | 1,241 42.1% | 1,661 56.4% | 43 | 2,945 | R+14.3 |
| Tucker | 1,199 41.1% | 1,694 58.1% | 24 | 2,917 | R+17.0 |
| Hampshire | 2,023 74.7% | 659 24.3% | 27 | 2,709 | D+50.4 |
| Gilmer | 1,410 55.5% | 1,117 44.0% | 14 | 2,541 | D+11.5 |
| Raleigh | 1,126 44.8% | 1,385 55.1% | 4 | 2,515 | R+10.3 |
| Wirt | 1,157 48.4% | 1,235 51.6% | 2,392 | R+3.3 | |
| Nicholas | 1,254 53.0% | 1,051 44.4% | 62 | 2,367 | D+8.6 |
| Pleasants | 1,085 47.4% | 1,203 52.6% | 2,288 | R+5.2 | |
| Calhoun | 1,268 56.8% | 946 42.4% | 19 | 2,233 | D+14.4 |
| Mingo | 1,363 61.9% | 838 38.1% | 2,201 | D+23.9 | |
| Pendleton | 1,154 55.2% | 929 44.4% | 9 | 2,092 | D+10.8 |
| Webster | 1,147 59.0% | 797 41.0% | 1,944 | D+18.0 | |
| Hardy | 1,292 68.3% | 596 31.5% | 4 | 1,892 | D+36.8 |
| Pocahontas | 1,000 55.8% | 793 44.2% | 1,793 | D+11.5 | |
| Brooke | 717 41.1% | 1,000 57.3% | 27 | 1,744 | R+16.2 |
| Grant | 367 21.2% | 1,355 78.3% | 8 | 1,730 | R+57.1 |
| Boone | 956 55.5% | 767 44.5% | 1,723 | D+11.0 | |
| Morgan | 586 34.4% | 1,091 64.1% | 25 | 1,702 | R+29.7 |
| Wyoming | 764 45.9% | 898 54.0% | 1 | 1,663 | R+8.1 |
| Clay | 718 44.0% | 902 55.3% | 11 | 1,631 | R+11.3 |
| Hancock | 564 38.2% | 863 58.4% | 51 | 1,478 | R+20.2 |
| Logan | 985 70.0% | 423 30.0% | 1,408 | D+39.9 |
Counties as they stood in 1900; 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 |