Election 1972 Results
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1972 presidential election in West Virginia
Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in West Virginia in 1972, 63.6% to 36.4%, a margin of 27.2 points and 207,529 votes.
West Virginia voted 4.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+23.1.
West Virginia changed party: in 1968 it went Democratic, for Hubert Humphrey.
Republicans led in 54 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Kanawha, cast 103,053 votes and went to the Republican by 26.2 points. The closest was Webster, where 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon won | Republican | 484,964 | 63.6% |
| George McGovern | Democratic | 277,435 | 36.4% |
| Total | 762,399 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha | 38,032 36.9% | 65,021 63.1% | 103,053 | R+26.2 | |
| Cabell | 14,312 32.6% | 29,582 67.4% | 43,894 | R+34.8 | |
| Wood | 10,886 28.5% | 27,315 71.5% | 38,201 | R+43.0 | |
| Harrison | 12,910 36.8% | 22,196 63.2% | 35,106 | R+26.5 | |
| Raleigh | 10,586 35.6% | 19,150 64.4% | 29,736 | R+28.8 | |
| Ohio | 10,491 36.3% | 18,435 63.7% | 28,926 | R+27.5 | |
| Marion | 11,864 42.4% | 16,095 57.6% | 27,959 | R+15.1 | |
| Monongalia | 10,721 39.0% | 16,758 61.0% | 27,479 | R+22.0 | |
| Mercer | 7,826 30.5% | 17,846 69.5% | 25,672 | R+39.0 | |
| Fayette | 9,966 45.6% | 11,876 54.4% | 21,842 | R+8.7 | |
| Logan | 10,045 51.3% | 9,533 48.7% | 19,578 | D+2.6 | |
| Hancock | 6,727 38.7% | 10,634 61.3% | 17,361 | R+22.5 | |
| Marshall | 6,378 36.8% | 10,966 63.2% | 17,344 | R+26.5 | |
| Wayne | 6,251 39.0% | 9,775 61.0% | 16,026 | R+22.0 | |
| McDowell | 6,811 43.2% | 8,942 56.8% | 15,753 | R+13.5 | |
| Berkeley | 4,523 29.2% | 10,954 70.8% | 15,477 | R+41.6 | |
| Greenbrier | 4,423 33.4% | 8,827 66.6% | 13,250 | R+33.2 | |
| Mingo | 5,585 42.7% | 7,484 57.3% | 13,069 | R+14.5 | |
| Putnam | 4,771 36.6% | 8,265 63.4% | 13,036 | R+26.8 | |
| Brooke | 5,226 40.9% | 7,544 59.1% | 12,770 | R+18.2 | |
| Wyoming | 4,468 36.0% | 7,926 64.0% | 12,394 | R+27.9 | |
| Boone | 5,342 47.2% | 5,985 52.8% | 11,327 | R+5.7 | |
| Mason | 4,008 36.0% | 7,129 64.0% | 11,137 | R+28.0 | |
| Preston | 2,977 27.6% | 7,807 72.4% | 10,784 | R+44.8 | |
| Randolph | 3,809 35.5% | 6,923 64.5% | 10,732 | R+29.0 | |
| Mineral | 3,276 31.4% | 7,157 68.6% | 10,433 | R+37.2 | |
| Jackson | 3,007 29.4% | 7,226 70.6% | 10,233 | R+41.2 | |
| Nicholas | 3,628 38.0% | 5,907 62.0% | 9,535 | R+23.9 | |
| Wetzel | 3,276 35.1% | 6,046 64.9% | 9,322 | R+29.7 | |
| Lincoln | 3,876 45.3% | 4,673 54.7% | 8,549 | R+9.3 | |
| Upshur | 1,795 21.8% | 6,449 78.2% | 8,244 | R+56.5 | |
| Lewis | 2,062 26.3% | 5,778 73.7% | 7,840 | R+47.4 | |
| Jefferson | 2,782 36.6% | 4,822 63.4% | 7,604 | R+26.8 | |
| Barbour | 2,258 33.8% | 4,432 66.2% | 6,690 | R+32.5 | |
| Roane | 2,386 35.9% | 4,253 64.1% | 6,639 | R+28.1 | |
| Taylor | 2,085 32.2% | 4,385 67.8% | 6,470 | R+35.5 | |
| Summers | 2,518 39.3% | 3,895 60.7% | 6,413 | R+21.5 | |
| Braxton | 2,771 46.8% | 3,155 53.2% | 5,926 | R+6.5 | |
| Monroe | 2,114 36.3% | 3,716 63.7% | 5,830 | R+27.5 | |
| Hampshire | 1,637 34.7% | 3,084 65.3% | 4,721 | R+30.7 | |
| Ritchie | 990 21.4% | 3,635 78.6% | 4,625 | R+57.2 | |
| Tyler | 1,125 25.1% | 3,362 74.9% | 4,487 | R+49.9 | |
| Webster | 2,069 49.5% | 2,114 50.5% | 4,183 | R+1.1 | |
| Grant | 614 14.7% | 3,556 85.3% | 4,170 | R+70.6 | |
| Morgan | 1,118 27.1% | 3,014 72.9% | 4,132 | R+45.9 | |
| Hardy | 1,510 36.7% | 2,609 63.3% | 4,119 | R+26.7 | |
| Pocahontas | 1,635 40.6% | 2,391 59.4% | 4,026 | R+18.8 | |
| Clay | 1,830 45.8% | 2,168 54.2% | 3,998 | R+8.5 | |
| Tucker | 1,457 40.2% | 2,163 59.8% | 3,620 | R+19.5 | |
| Calhoun | 1,528 43.4% | 1,992 56.6% | 3,520 | R+13.2 | |
| Pendleton | 1,248 36.1% | 2,207 63.9% | 3,455 | R+27.8 | |
| Gilmer | 1,359 39.8% | 2,056 60.2% | 3,415 | R+20.4 | |
| Pleasants | 1,207 37.3% | 2,025 62.7% | 3,232 | R+25.3 | |
| Doddridge | 645 22.0% | 2,284 78.0% | 2,929 | R+56.0 | |
| Wirt | 691 32.4% | 1,442 67.6% | 2,133 | R+35.2 |
Counties as they stood in 1972; 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 |