| Election Name: | 2024 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Previous Election: | 2020 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
| Next Election: | 2028 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Joe Biden |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Donald Trump |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Kamala Harris |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | California |
| Running Mate2: | Tim Walz |
| Image1: | Donald Trump official portrait (3x4a).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Donald Trump |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Florida |
| Running Mate1: | JD Vance |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 533,556 |
| Percentage1: | 69.98% |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 214,309 |
| Percentage2: | 28.11% |
The 2024 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. West Virginia voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of West Virginia has four electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state lost one congressional seat.
Republican Donald Trump easily won West Virginia a third time in 2024, with a 41.9% margin of victory and just under 70% of the vote. Having been Trump's strongest state in 2016 and his second-strongest state in 2020, another strong Republican win was near-guaranteed in West Virginia.
Despite being a Democratic stronghold for much of the 20th century, West Virginia — as a rural Southern state in the heart of Appalachia and largely within the Bible Belt — has trended dramatically towards the Republican Party in the 21st century. The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was fellow Southerner Bill Clinton, who did so comfortably in his 1992 and 1996 victories. However, due to the increasingly liberal policies adopted by the Democratic Party — especially environmentalist policies — Republicans have rapidly gained traction among West Virginians, and carried the state in every presidential election since 2000, by consistently increasing margins. No Democratic presidential nominee has won even 40% of the state's vote since Barack Obama in 2008, or 30% since Obama's 2012 re-election. This marks the fourth presidential election, both consecutively and ever, in which the Republican won every county in West Virginia.
Trump's 69.98% of the vote is the highest percentage any party has won in all of the state's history, going back to 1864.
See main article: 2024 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary. The West Virginia Democratic presidential primary was held on May 14, 2024, alongside the Maryland and Nebraska primaries. 25 delegates (20 pledged and 5 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates.
Four candidates have been certified to appear on the primary ballot:
See main article: 2024 West Virginia Republican presidential primary. The West Virginia Republican presidential primary was held on May 14, 2024, alongside the Maryland and Nebraska primaries. 31 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-all basis.
Five candidates have been certified to appear on the primary ballot:
See main article: 2024 Green Party presidential primaries. The Mountain primary (the state's Green Party affiliate) is scheduled to be held on May 14, 2024.
Only one candidate was certified to appear on the primary ballot, who will receive all 4 of the state's pledged delegates:
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Cook Political Report | December 19, 2023 | |
| align=left | Inside Elections | April 26, 2023 | |
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball | June 29, 2023 | |
| align=left | Decision Desk HQ/The Hill | December 14, 2023 | |
| align=left | CNalysis | December 30, 2023 | |
| align=left | CNN | January 14, 2024 | |
| align=left | The Economist | June 12, 2024 | |
| 538 | June 11, 2024 | ||
| RCP | June 26, 2024 | ||
| NBC News | October 6, 2024 |
Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump | Joe Biden | Other / Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Zogby Strategies | data-sort-value="2024-05-01" | April 13–21, 2024 | 383 (LV) | – | 63% | 31% | 6% |
| Emerson College | October 1–4, 2023 | 539 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 59% | 23% | 18% |
Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden vs. Jill Stein
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Joe Biden
Trump won both congressional districts.[1]
| District | Trump | Harris | Representative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71.28% | 26.87% | Carol Miller | |||
| 69.09% | 28.95% | Alex Mooney (118th Congress) | |||
| Riley Moore (119th Congress) |
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