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1948 presidential election in West Virginia
Harry S. Truman (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in West Virginia in 1948, 57.3% to 42.2%, a margin of 15.1 points and 112,937 votes.
West Virginia voted 10.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.
The Democratic hold continued from 1944, when Franklin D. Roosevelt won.
Democrats led in 40 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Kanawha, cast 94,695 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.7 points. The closest was Pleasants, where 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry S. Truman won | Democratic | 429,188 | 57.3% |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Republican | 316,251 | 42.2% |
| All other candidates | 3,311 | 0.4% | |
| Total | 748,750 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha | 53,213 56.2% | 41,144 43.4% | 338 | 94,695 | D+12.7 |
| Cabell | 23,680 55.8% | 18,599 43.9% | 131 | 42,410 | D+12.0 |
| Harrison | 21,109 59.0% | 14,534 40.6% | 114 | 35,757 | D+18.4 |
| Ohio | 16,995 51.3% | 15,757 47.5% | 395 | 33,147 | D+3.7 |
| McDowell | 21,545 68.5% | 9,687 30.8% | 240 | 31,472 | D+37.7 |
| Marion | 19,866 63.4% | 11,201 35.7% | 290 | 31,357 | D+27.6 |
| Raleigh | 19,697 65.1% | 10,414 34.4% | 148 | 30,259 | D+30.7 |
| Fayette | 21,707 74.1% | 7,451 25.4% | 120 | 29,278 | D+48.7 |
| Wood | 14,224 49.9% | 14,198 49.8% | 71 | 28,493 | D+0.1 |
| Mercer | 15,201 60.0% | 10,065 39.7% | 82 | 25,348 | D+20.3 |
| Logan | 16,121 68.4% | 7,362 31.2% | 76 | 23,559 | D+37.2 |
| Monongalia | 12,138 56.0% | 9,329 43.0% | 216 | 21,683 | D+13.0 |
| Mingo | 10,362 67.8% | 4,896 32.0% | 34 | 15,292 | D+35.7 |
| Marshall | 7,989 52.8% | 6,986 46.2% | 147 | 15,122 | D+6.6 |
| Hancock | 8,242 63.5% | 4,561 35.2% | 170 | 12,973 | D+28.4 |
| Berkeley | 6,797 52.8% | 6,042 46.9% | 34 | 12,873 | D+5.9 |
| Greenbrier | 7,598 60.5% | 4,935 39.3% | 29 | 12,562 | D+21.2 |
| Wayne | 7,618 63.3% | 4,394 36.5% | 19 | 12,031 | D+26.8 |
| Wyoming | 6,725 61.4% | 4,198 38.3% | 25 | 10,948 | D+23.1 |
| Brooke | 6,680 63.5% | 3,718 35.4% | 114 | 10,512 | D+28.2 |
| Randolph | 6,586 63.3% | 3,802 36.5% | 24 | 10,412 | D+26.7 |
| Boone | 6,769 69.8% | 2,909 30.0% | 19 | 9,697 | D+39.8 |
| Preston | 3,527 36.8% | 6,020 62.7% | 49 | 9,596 | R+26.0 |
| Mason | 4,038 42.5% | 5,453 57.5% | 9,491 | R+14.9 | |
| Mineral | 4,586 51.0% | 4,382 48.7% | 28 | 8,996 | D+2.3 |
| Lincoln | 4,433 52.1% | 4,065 47.7% | 16 | 8,514 | D+4.3 |
| Nicholas | 5,018 59.5% | 3,391 40.2% | 23 | 8,432 | D+19.3 |
| Lewis | 3,477 41.7% | 4,829 57.9% | 35 | 8,341 | R+16.2 |
| Putnam | 4,426 54.2% | 3,722 45.6% | 16 | 8,164 | D+8.6 |
| Barbour | 4,238 52.3% | 3,834 47.3% | 28 | 8,100 | D+5.0 |
| Roane | 3,684 46.6% | 4,213 53.3% | 11 | 7,908 | R+6.7 |
| Taylor | 3,888 49.4% | 3,948 50.2% | 35 | 7,871 | R+0.8 |
| Wetzel | 4,477 57.2% | 3,326 42.5% | 26 | 7,829 | D+14.7 |
| Upshur | 2,323 31.3% | 5,068 68.3% | 28 | 7,419 | R+37.0 |
| Summers | 4,630 62.5% | 2,782 37.5% | 7,412 | D+24.9 | |
| Braxton | 4,287 59.9% | 2,864 40.0% | 7 | 7,158 | D+19.9 |
| Jackson | 2,639 38.1% | 4,277 61.8% | 7 | 6,923 | R+23.7 |
| Jefferson | 3,797 63.2% | 2,199 36.6% | 13 | 6,009 | D+26.6 |
| Monroe | 2,632 47.1% | 2,956 52.9% | 5,588 | R+5.8 | |
| Clay | 2,978 55.6% | 2,366 44.2% | 8 | 5,352 | D+11.4 |
| Ritchie | 1,712 32.0% | 3,619 67.7% | 14 | 5,345 | R+35.7 |
| Webster | 3,726 70.7% | 1,527 29.0% | 14 | 5,267 | D+41.8 |
| Pocahontas | 2,754 53.7% | 2,373 46.2% | 5 | 5,132 | D+7.4 |
| Tyler | 1,579 33.2% | 3,160 66.5% | 14 | 4,753 | R+33.3 |
| Tucker | 2,557 54.5% | 2,102 44.8% | 34 | 4,693 | D+9.7 |
| Hardy | 2,435 62.8% | 1,433 37.0% | 10 | 3,878 | D+25.8 |
| Gilmer | 2,355 62.4% | 1,421 37.6% | 3,776 | D+24.7 | |
| Hampshire | 2,357 63.4% | 1,351 36.3% | 10 | 3,718 | D+27.1 |
| Calhoun | 2,126 57.8% | 1,549 42.1% | 6 | 3,681 | D+15.7 |
| Doddridge | 1,166 32.4% | 2,433 67.6% | 3,599 | R+35.2 | |
| Pendleton | 1,944 54.9% | 1,592 44.9% | 7 | 3,543 | D+9.9 |
| Grant | 664 19.1% | 2,816 80.8% | 4 | 3,484 | R+61.8 |
| Morgan | 1,104 33.8% | 2,159 66.1% | 4 | 3,267 | R+32.3 |
| Pleasants | 1,536 49.6% | 1,548 50.0% | 15 | 3,099 | R+0.4 |
| Wirt | 1,233 48.7% | 1,291 51.0% | 8 | 2,532 | R+2.3 |
Counties as they stood in 1948; 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 |