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2020 presidential election in West Virginia
Donald Trump (Republican) beat Joe Biden (Democrat) in West Virginia in 2020, 68.6% to 29.7%, a margin of 38.9 points and 309,398 votes.
West Virginia voted 43.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.
The Republican hold continued from 2016, when Donald Trump also won.
Republicans led in 55 of the 55 counties. The largest, Kanawha, cast 82,244 votes and went to the Republican by 14.7 points. The closest was Monongalia, where 521 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Trump won | Republican | 545,382 | 68.6% |
| Joe Biden | Democratic | 235,984 | 29.7% |
| All other candidates | 13,365 | 1.7% | |
| Total | 794,731 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha | 34,344 41.8% | 46,398 56.4% | 1,502 | 82,244 | R+14.7 |
| Berkeley | 17,184 33.3% | 33,274 64.6% | 1,070 | 51,528 | R+31.2 |
| Monongalia | 20,282 48.2% | 20,803 49.4% | 987 | 42,072 | R+1.2 |
| Wood | 10,926 28.2% | 27,202 70.2% | 634 | 38,762 | R+42.0 |
| Cabell | 14,993 40.1% | 21,719 58.1% | 646 | 37,358 | R+18.0 |
| Raleigh | 7,978 24.1% | 24,658 74.5% | 451 | 33,087 | R+50.4 |
| Harrison | 9,215 30.2% | 20,682 67.9% | 567 | 30,464 | R+37.6 |
| Putnam | 7,878 27.6% | 20,035 70.3% | 589 | 28,502 | R+42.7 |
| Jefferson | 12,128 43.8% | 15,038 54.3% | 543 | 27,709 | R+10.5 |
| Marion | 8,901 34.5% | 16,299 63.2% | 593 | 25,793 | R+28.7 |
| Mercer | 5,556 22.1% | 19,237 76.5% | 341 | 25,134 | R+54.4 |
| Ohio | 7,218 36.3% | 12,346 62.1% | 320 | 19,884 | R+25.8 |
| Wayne | 4,089 24.1% | 12,588 74.3% | 275 | 16,952 | R+50.1 |
| Fayette | 5,066 30.0% | 11,594 68.7% | 220 | 16,880 | R+38.7 |
| Greenbrier | 4,655 29.4% | 10,925 68.9% | 270 | 15,850 | R+39.6 |
| Preston | 3,163 21.7% | 11,190 76.8% | 219 | 14,572 | R+55.1 |
| Marshall | 3,461 24.6% | 10,443 74.1% | 190 | 14,094 | R+49.5 |
| Hancock | 3,790 27.5% | 9,806 71.1% | 205 | 13,801 | R+43.6 |
| Jackson | 3,207 23.7% | 10,092 74.7% | 208 | 13,507 | R+51.0 |
| Logan | 2,330 17.9% | 10,510 80.9% | 159 | 12,999 | R+62.9 |
| Mineral | 2,660 20.7% | 10,040 78.0% | 171 | 12,871 | R+57.3 |
| Randolph | 3,362 27.6% | 8,674 71.1% | 165 | 12,201 | R+43.5 |
| Mason | 2,526 22.5% | 8,492 75.8% | 186 | 11,204 | R+53.2 |
| Brooke | 2,947 27.7% | 7,545 70.8% | 163 | 10,655 | R+43.2 |
| Nicholas | 2,225 20.9% | 8,278 77.9% | 125 | 10,628 | R+57.0 |
| Upshur | 2,256 22.1% | 7,771 76.0% | 194 | 10,221 | R+54.0 |
| Hampshire | 1,939 19.2% | 8,033 79.6% | 115 | 10,087 | R+60.4 |
| Mingo | 1,397 13.9% | 8,543 85.3% | 81 | 10,021 | R+71.3 |
| Boone | 2,043 22.6% | 6,839 75.7% | 155 | 9,037 | R+53.1 |
| Morgan | 1,998 23.0% | 6,537 75.2% | 160 | 8,695 | R+52.2 |
| Wyoming | 1,158 13.5% | 7,353 85.6% | 82 | 8,593 | R+72.1 |
| Lincoln | 1,711 21.9% | 6,012 76.8% | 107 | 7,830 | R+54.9 |
| Lewis | 1,538 20.6% | 5,782 77.5% | 137 | 7,457 | R+56.9 |
| Taylor | 1,796 24.3% | 5,476 74.2% | 110 | 7,382 | R+49.9 |
| Barbour | 1,457 21.8% | 5,116 76.6% | 105 | 6,678 | R+54.8 |
| Wetzel | 1,539 23.1% | 4,992 74.9% | 135 | 6,666 | R+51.8 |
| McDowell | 1,333 20.4% | 5,148 78.9% | 45 | 6,526 | R+58.5 |
| Monroe | 1,345 20.7% | 5,068 78.1% | 77 | 6,490 | R+57.4 |
| Hardy | 1,381 21.8% | 4,861 76.8% | 91 | 6,333 | R+55.0 |
| Roane | 1,455 25.2% | 4,213 73.1% | 95 | 5,763 | R+47.9 |
| Braxton | 1,457 25.7% | 4,119 72.7% | 87 | 5,663 | R+47.0 |
| Summers | 1,448 25.9% | 4,076 73.0% | 63 | 5,587 | R+47.0 |
| Grant | 607 11.0% | 4,870 88.4% | 31 | 5,508 | R+77.4 |
| Ritchie | 586 13.7% | 3,649 85.2% | 48 | 4,283 | R+71.5 |
| Pocahontas | 1,047 26.1% | 2,895 72.2% | 66 | 4,008 | R+46.1 |
| Tyler | 631 16.1% | 3,227 82.3% | 65 | 3,923 | R+66.2 |
| Tucker | 938 24.4% | 2,841 73.9% | 65 | 3,844 | R+49.5 |
| Pendleton | 820 22.4% | 2,782 76.0% | 57 | 3,659 | R+53.6 |
| Pleasants | 699 20.0% | 2,742 78.5% | 50 | 3,491 | R+58.5 |
| Webster | 610 17.9% | 2,759 81.1% | 33 | 3,402 | R+63.2 |
| Clay | 641 19.0% | 2,679 79.6% | 45 | 3,365 | R+60.6 |
| Doddridge | 435 14.0% | 2,621 84.5% | 47 | 3,103 | R+70.4 |
| Calhoun | 568 19.1% | 2,364 79.6% | 39 | 2,971 | R+60.5 |
| Gilmer | 599 22.5% | 2,013 75.6% | 51 | 2,663 | R+53.1 |
| Wirt | 466 17.6% | 2,134 80.4% | 53 | 2,653 | R+62.9 |
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 |