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The 2016 United States presidential election in West Virginia was held on 8 November 2016. It was part of the 2016 United States presidential election, in which all other states plus the District of Columbia voted.

On 10 May 2016, the state also voted for who they wanted to be the nominee of their respective parties.

Presidential

Polling

Below is a table with the polling results in West Virginia. West Virginia has voted Republican in the general election since 2000.

Race Poll model Hillary Clinton
Democratic
Donald Trump
Republican
Gary Johnson
Libertarian
Jill Stein
Green
Lead margin
Two-way Election Projection 30.5% 56.5% N/A 26.5
HuffPost Pollster 30.0% 54.7% 24.7
TPM Polltracker 28.7% 60.7% 32
Votamatic 33.3% 66.7% 33.4
Three-way Electoral Vote 29% 51% 11% N/A 22
FiveThirtyEight 34.1% 59.2% 4.9% 25.1
TPM Polltracker 29% 61% 6% 32
Four-way Election Projection 29% 50.5% 11% 4% 21.5
TPM Polltracker 29% 61% 6% 3% 32
West Virginia Presidential Election Results 2016
Results by West Virginia's counties      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Results

Turnout was 57.45%.

Presidential election
Choice Votes %
Donald Trump (REP) 489,371 68.63%
Hillary Clinton (DEM) 188,794 26.48%
Gary Johnson 23,004 3.23%
Jill Stein 8,075 1.13%
Darrell Castle 3,807 0.53%
Total votes 713,051 100.0%

Primaries

Democratic

The Democratic primary occurred on 10 May 2016.

Presidential election
Choice Votes % Delegates
Bernie Sanders 124,700 51.41% 20
Hillary Clinton 86,914 35.84% 17
Others 30,925 12.75% 0
Total votes 242,539 100% 37

Republican

The Republican primary occurred on 10 May 2016.

Presidential election
Choice Votes % Delegates
Donald Trump 157,238 77.05% 32
Ted Cruz (withdrawn) 18,301 8.97% 0
John Kasich (withdrawn) 13,721 6.72% 1
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 4,421 2.17% 0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 2,908 1.43% 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 2,305 1.13% 0
Others 5,167 2.53% 0
Uncommitted 1
Total votes 204,061 100% 34

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