| State: | West Virginia |
| Number Of Elections: | 40 |
| Voted Democratic: | 20 |
| Voted Republican: | 20 |
| Voted Other: | 0 |
| Voted Winning: | 29 |
| Voted Losing: | 11 |
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.
| data-sort-type="number" | Year | Winner (nationally) | data-sort-type="number" | Votes | data-sort-type="number" | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | data-sort-type="number" | Votes | data-sort-type="number" | Percent | Other national candidates | data-sort-type="number" | Votes | data-sort-type="number" | Percent | data-sort-type="number" | Electoral Votes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[1] | 235,984 | 29.70 | Donald Trump | 545,382 | 68.63 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2016[2] | Donald Trump | 489,371 | 68.50 | 188,794 | 26.5 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2012[3] | 238,269 | 35.54 | Mitt Romney | 417,655 | 62.3 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2008[4] | 303,857 | 42.59 | John McCain | 397,466 | 55.71 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2004[5] | George W. Bush | 423,778 | 56.06 | 326,541 | 43.2 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2000[6] | George W. Bush | 336,475 | 51.92 | 295,497 | 45.59 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1996[7] | Bill Clinton | 327,812 | 51.51 | 233,946 | 36.76 | 71,639 | 11.26 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bill Clinton | 331,001 | 48.41 | 241,974 | 35.39 | 108,829 | 15.91 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 310,065 | 47.46 | Michael Dukakis | 341,016 | 52.2 | — | 6 | electoral vote split: 5 to Dukakis, 1 to Bentsen (faithless elector) | ||||||||||||
| Ronald Reagan | 405,483 | 55.11 | 328,125 | 44.6 | — | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 334,206 | 45.3 | Jimmy Carter | 367,462 | 49.81 | 31,691 | 4.3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Jimmy Carter | 435,914 | 58.07 | 314,760 | 41.93 | — | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Richard Nixon | 484,964 | 63.61 | 277,435 | 36.39 | — | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 307,555 | 40.78 | Hubert Humphrey | 374,091 | 49.6 | 72,560 | 9.62 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Lyndon B. Johnson | 538,087 | 67.94 | 253,953 | 32.06 | — | 7 | |||||||||||||
| John F. Kennedy | 441,786 | 52.73 | 395,995 | 47.27 | — | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | 449,297 | 54.08 | 381,534 | 45.92 | — | — | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 419,970 | 48.08 | Adlai Stevenson II | 453,578 | 51.92 | — | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Harry S. Truman | 429,188 | 57.32 | 316,251 | 42.24 | — | — | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 392,777 | 54.89 | 322,819 | 45.11 | — | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 495,662 | 57.1 | 372,414 | 42.9 | — | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 502,582 | 60.56 | 325,358 | 39.2 | — | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 405,124 | 54.47 | 330,731 | 44.47 | — | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Herbert Hoover | 375,551 | 58.43 | 263,784 | 41.04 | — | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Calvin Coolidge | 288,635 | 49.45 | 257,232 | 44.07 | 36,723 | 6.29 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Warren G. Harding | 282,007 | 55.30 | 220,789 | 43.30 | Parley P. Christensen | — | — | 8 | |||||||||||
| 140,403 | 48.44 | Charles E. Hughes | 143,124 | 49.38 | — | 8 | electoral vote split: 7 to Hughes, 1 to Wilson (faithless elector) | ||||||||||||
| Woodrow Wilson | 113,197 | 42.11 | 79,112 | 29.43 | 56,754 | 21.11 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| William H. Taft | 137,869 | 53.42 | 111,418 | 43.17 | — | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Theodore Roosevelt | 132,620 | 55.26 | 100,855 | 42.03 | — | 7 | |||||||||||||
| William McKinley | 119,829 | 54.27 | 98,807 | 44.75 | — | 6 | |||||||||||||
| William McKinley | 105,379 | 52.23 | 94,480 | 46.83 | — | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Grover Cleveland | 84,467 | 49.37 | 80,292 | 46.93 | 4,167 | 2.44 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 78,171 | 49.03 | Grover Cleveland | 78,677 | 49.35 | — | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Grover Cleveland | 67,311 | 50.94 | 63,096 | 47.75 | — | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 46,243 | 41.05 | Winfield S. Hancock | 57,390 | 50.95 | 9,008 | 8.00 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 41,997 | 42.15 | Samuel J. Tilden | 56,546 | 56.75 | — | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ulysses S. Grant | 32,320 | 51.74 | 29,532 | 47.28 | — | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ulysses S. Grant | 29,015 | 58.8 | 20,306 | 41.2 | — | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Abraham Lincoln | 23,799 | 68.2 | 11,078 | 31.8 | — | 5 |