Results archive / West Virginia
West Virginia election results
President since 1976, counties since 2000, US Senate since 1976.
President
Electoral votes
1976 D 61980 D 61984 R 61988 D 5, other 11992 D 51996 D 52000 R 52004 R 52008 R 52012 R 52016 R 52020 R 52024 R 4
2024 Trump+41.9
Counties
Democratic lead<55-1010-2020+
Republican lead<55-1010-2020+
No dataSwing
Towards the Democrat<22-55-1010+
Towards the Republican<22-55-1010+
No dataUS Senate
2024
Jim Justice (R)68.8%
Glenn Elliott (D)27.8%
2020
Shelley Moore Capito (R)70.3%
Paula Jean Swearengin (D)27.0%
2018
Joe Manchin (D)49.5%
Patrick Morrisey (R)46.3%
2014
Shelley Moore Capito (R)62.1%
Natalie Tennant (D)34.5%
2012
Joe Manchin III (D)60.6%
John R. Raese (R)36.5%
2010special
Joe Manchin III (D)53.5%
John R. Raese (R)43.4%
2008
John D. Rockefeller IV (D)63.7%
Jay Wolfe (R)36.3%
2006
Robert C. Byrd (D)77.0%
John R. Raese (R)23.0%
2002
John D. Rockefeller IV (D)63.1%
Jay Wolfe (R)36.9%
2000
Robert C. Byrd (D)77.8%
David T. Gallaher (R)20.2%
1996
John D. Rockefeller IV (D)76.6%
Betty A. Burks (R)23.4%
1994
Robert C. Byrd (D)69.0%
Stan Klos (R)31.0%
1990
John D. Rockefeller IV (D)68.3%
John Yoder (R)31.7%
1988
Robert C. Byrd (D)64.8%
M. Jay Wolfe (R)35.2%
1984
Jay Rockefeller (D)51.8%
John R. Raese (R)47.7%
1982
Robert C. Byrd (D)68.5%
Cleve Benedict (R)30.8%
1978
Jennings Randolph (D)50.5%
Arch A. Moore Jr. (R)49.5%
1976
Robert C. Byrd (D)100.0%
MEDSL and VEST results files: fixed historic releases. 2026 Senate counts: uncertified.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
Final results.