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Election 1904 Results

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1904 presidential election in West Virginia

Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) beat Alton B. Parker (Democrat) in West Virginia in 1904, 55.3% to 42.0%, a margin of 13.2 points and 31,766 votes.

West Virginia voted 5.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+18.9.

The Republican hold continued from 1900, when William McKinley won.

Republicans led in 37 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Kanawha, cast 15,106 votes and went to the Republican by 20.6 points. The closest was Monroe, where 17 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
Theodore Roosevelt won Republican 132,621 55.3%
Alton B. Parker Democratic 100,855 42.0%
All other candidates 6,511 2.7%
Total239,987

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 5,753 38.1% 8,858 58.6% 495 15,106 R+20.6
Ohio 5,142 38.3% 7,767 57.9% 513 13,422 R+19.6
Fayette 3,295 32.0% 6,510 63.2% 495 10,300 R+31.2
Wood 3,730 42.0% 4,967 55.9% 194 8,891 R+13.9
Marion 3,761 42.6% 4,776 54.2% 282 8,819 R+11.5
Harrison 2,918 34.5% 5,076 60.0% 459 8,453 R+25.5
Cabell 3,193 44.4% 3,778 52.6% 218 7,189 R+8.1
McDowell 1,673 24.1% 5,226 75.4% 36 6,935 R+51.2
Marshall 2,114 32.7% 3,923 60.8% 420 6,457 R+28.0
Mercer 2,318 38.3% 3,644 60.3% 85 6,047 R+21.9
Wetzel 2,830 51.5% 2,493 45.4% 171 5,494 D+6.1
Preston 1,242 23.3% 3,933 73.8% 151 5,326 R+50.5
Mason 2,125 41.2% 2,983 57.8% 55 5,163 R+16.6
Berkeley 2,488 48.5% 2,548 49.7% 93 5,129 R+1.2
Monongalia 1,596 32.4% 3,186 64.7% 143 4,925 R+32.3
Greenbrier 2,573 52.3% 2,296 46.7% 48 4,917 D+5.6
Wayne 2,449 50.5% 2,363 48.7% 39 4,851 D+1.8
Jackson 2,115 44.5% 2,596 54.6% 45 4,756 R+10.1
Braxton 2,324 50.8% 2,177 47.6% 73 4,574 D+3.2
Randolph 2,472 55.6% 1,891 42.5% 87 4,450 D+13.1
Roane 1,863 43.7% 2,294 53.9% 102 4,259 R+10.1
Ritchie 1,393 32.9% 2,621 62.0% 216 4,230 R+29.0
Lewis 1,623 40.9% 2,130 53.7% 216 3,969 R+12.8
Jefferson 2,557 65.3% 1,308 33.4% 52 3,917 D+31.9
Tyler 1,331 34.4% 2,308 59.7% 228 3,867 R+25.3
Taylor 1,467 38.6% 2,237 58.8% 100 3,804 R+20.2
Putnam 1,566 41.3% 2,161 57.0% 61 3,788 R+15.7
Lincoln 1,586 42.6% 2,080 55.9% 53 3,719 R+13.3
Summers 1,937 52.8% 1,700 46.3% 33 3,670 D+6.5
Barbour 1,587 45.2% 1,864 53.1% 59 3,510 R+7.9
Raleigh 1,395 41.6% 1,847 55.1% 113 3,355 R+13.5
Upshur 826 24.8% 2,405 72.1% 106 3,337 R+47.3
Mineral 1,397 42.6% 1,802 55.0% 80 3,279 R+12.4
Mingo 1,652 50.5% 1,607 49.1% 15 3,274 D+1.4
Tucker 1,134 37.4% 1,800 59.3% 102 3,036 R+21.9
Monroe 1,503 49.9% 1,486 49.3% 24 3,013 D+0.6
Nicholas 1,398 46.6% 1,416 47.2% 184 2,998 R+0.6
Doddridge 1,075 37.0% 1,774 61.0% 57 2,906 R+24.1
Hampshire 1,876 70.9% 700 26.4% 71 2,647 D+44.4
Gilmer 1,435 55.8% 1,080 42.0% 58 2,573 D+13.8
Calhoun 1,337 53.8% 1,125 45.3% 21 2,483 D+8.5
Pocahontas 1,130 48.1% 1,167 49.7% 51 2,348 R+1.6
Wirt 1,097 48.5% 1,134 50.1% 32 2,263 R+1.6
Clay 1,058 49.4% 1,025 47.9% 59 2,142 D+1.5
Pendleton 1,169 55.4% 926 43.8% 17 2,112 D+11.5
Pleasants 945 44.9% 1,130 53.7% 31 2,106 R+8.8
Webster 1,209 57.8% 884 42.2% 2,093 D+15.5
Brooke 742 38.4% 1,130 58.5% 61 1,933 R+20.1
Wyoming 791 41.7% 1,093 57.6% 13 1,897 R+15.9
Hardy 1,234 65.5% 638 33.8% 13 1,885 D+31.6
Logan 1,123 65.1% 570 33.1% 31 1,724 D+32.1
Boone 912 53.3% 784 45.8% 16 1,712 D+7.5
Morgan 576 33.7% 1,097 64.2% 35 1,708 R+30.5
Grant 312 19.1% 1,298 79.5% 22 1,632 R+60.4
Hancock 508 31.9% 1,009 63.3% 77 1,594 R+31.4

Counties as they stood in 1904; 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