# United States presidential elections in West Virginia

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in West Virginia, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1863, West Virginia has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Prior to 1863, the territory currently comprising the state of West Virginia was part of the state of Virginia, and citizens residing in that area have thus been able to participate in every U.S. election.
Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes | Notes |
| 2024 | Donald Trump | 533,556 | 69.97 | Kamala Harris | 214,309 | 28.10 | — | | | 5 | |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | 235,984 | 29.69 | Donald Trump | 545,382 | 68.62 | — | | | 5 | |
| 2016 | Donald Trump | 489,371 | 68.50 | Hillary Clinton | 188,794 | 26.43 | — | | | 5 | |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 238,269 | 35.54 | Mitt Romney | 417,655 | 62.3 | — | | | 5 | |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 303,857 | 42.59 | John McCain | 397,466 | 55.71 | — | | | 5 | |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | 423,778 | 56.06 | John Kerry | 326,541 | 43.2 | — | | | 5 | |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | 336,475 | 51.92 | Al Gore | 295,497 | 45.59 | — | | | 5 | |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton | 327,812 | 51.51 | Bob Dole | 233,946 | 36.76 | Ross Perot | 71,639 | 11.26 | 5 | |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton | 331,001 | 48.41 | George H. W. Bush | 241,974 | 35.39 | Ross Perot | 108,829 | 15.91 | 5 | |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | 310,065 | 47.46 | Michael Dukakis | 341,016 | 52.2 | — | | | 6 | electoral vote split: 5 to Dukakis, 1 to Bentsen (faithless elector) |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | 405,483 | 55.11 | Walter Mondale | 328,125 | 44.6 | — | | | 6 | |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | 334,206 | 45.3 | Jimmy Carter | 367,462 | 49.81 | John B. Anderson | 31,691 | 4.3 | 6 | |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | 435,914 | 58.07 | Gerald Ford | 314,760 | 41.93 | — | | | 6 | |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | 484,964 | 63.61 | George McGovern | 277,435 | 36.39 | — | | | 6 | |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | 307,555 | 40.78 | Hubert Humphrey | 374,091 | 49.6 | George Wallace | 72,560 | 9.62 | 7 | |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 538,087 | 67.94 | Barry Goldwater | 253,953 | 32.06 | — | | | 7 | |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | 441,786 | 52.73 | Richard Nixon | 395,995 | 47.27 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 449,297 | 54.08 | Adlai Stevenson II | 381,534 | 45.92 | T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors | — | — | 8 | |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 419,970 | 48.08 | Adlai Stevenson II | 453,578 | 51.92 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | 429,188 | 57.32 | Thomas E. Dewey | 316,251 | 42.24 | Strom Thurmond | — | — | 8 | |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 392,777 | 54.89 | Thomas E. Dewey | 322,819 | 45.11 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 495,662 | 57.1 | Wendell Willkie | 372,414 | 42.9 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 502,582 | 60.56 | Alf Landon | 325,358 | 39.2 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 405,124 | 54.47 | Herbert Hoover | 330,731 | 44.47 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | 375,551 | 58.43 | Al Smith | 263,784 | 41.04 | — | | | 8 | |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 288,635 | 49.45 | John W. Davis | 257,232 | 44.07 | Robert M. La Follette | 36,723 | 6.29 | 8 | |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | 282,007 | 55.30 | James M. Cox | 220,789 | 43.30 | Parley P. Christensen | — | — | 8 | |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 140,403 | 48.44 | Charles E. Hughes | 143,124 | 49.38 | — | | | 8 | electoral vote split: 7 to Hughes, 1 to Wilson (faithless elector) |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 113,197 | 42.11 | Theodore Roosevelt | 79,112 | 29.43 | William H. Taft | 56,754 | 21.11 | 8 | |
| 1908 | William H. Taft | 137,869 | 53.42 | William Jennings Bryan | 111,418 | 43.17 | — | | | 7 | |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 132,620 | 55.26 | Alton B. Parker | 100,855 | 42.03 | — | | | 7 | |
| 1900 | William McKinley | 119,829 | 54.27 | William Jennings Bryan | 98,807 | 44.75 | — | | | 6 | |
| 1896 | William McKinley | 105,379 | 52.23 | William Jennings Bryan | 94,480 | 46.83 | — | | | 6 | |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | 84,467 | 49.37 | Benjamin Harrison | 80,292 | 46.93 | James B. Weaver | 4,167 | 2.44 | 6 | |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | 78,171 | 49.03 | Grover Cleveland | 78,677 | 49.35 | — | | | 6 | |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | 67,311 | 50.94 | James G. Blaine | 63,096 | 47.75 | — | | | 6 | |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield | 46,243 | 41.05 | Winfield S. Hancock | 57,390 | 50.95 | James B. Weaver | 9,008 | 8.00 | 5 | |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 41,997 | 42.15 | Samuel J. Tilden | 56,546 | 56.75 | — | | | 5 | |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | 32,320 | 51.74 | Horace Greeley | 29,532 | 47.28 | — | | | 5 | |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | 29,015 | 58.8 | Horatio Seymour | 20,306 | 41.2 | — | | | 5 | |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | 23,799 | 68.2 | George B. McClellan | 11,078 | 31.8 | — | | | 5 | |