West Virginia 1960 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the West Virginia 1960 presidential election with 441,786 votes (52.7%), a margin of D+5.5. West Virginia's 4 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

52.7%

47.3%

441,786

Democratic Candidate (52.7%)

395,995

Republican Candidate (47.3%)

Total Votes: 837,781|Margin: D+5.5

County Results

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County Results (55 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
McDowell County	D+49.7	D+42.7	D+33.1	26,056	D+29.2%
Fayette County	D+41.2	D+37.4	D+22.5	25,646	D+18.3%
Mingo County	D+39.3	D+42.3	D+32.7	16,162	D+27.6%
Logan County	D+35.2	D+40.6	D+25.7	24,196	D+18.7%
Webster County	D+34.6	D+33.1	D+20.1	5,168	D+23.5%
Boone County	D+32.5	D+27.9	D+20.9	12,162	D+16.8%
Wyoming County	D+25.7	D+18.1	D+2.8	13,686	D+25.2%
Raleigh County	D+25.7	D+21.6	R+0.4	32,536	D+25.9%
Jefferson County	D+20.2	D+2.3	R+16.5	7,239	D+20.6%
Mercer County	D+19.2	R+1.9	R+20.5	29,008	D+24.3%
Summers County	D+19.1	D+11.4	R+5.4	7,759	D+17.1%
Gilmer County	D+17.9	D+11.5	R+13.3	3,521	D+11.5%
Braxton County	D+16.9	D+21.7	D+7.2	7,162	D+10.4%
Randolph County	D+16.4	D+14.3	R+11.5	12,007	D+14.2%
Hancock County	D+16.4	D+13.2	D+8.6	19,207	D+12.1%
Brooke County	D+15.3	D+15.3	D+15.8	13,592	D+6.7%
Nicholas County	D+14.7	D+14.5	R+0.7	10,071	D+18.4%
Marion County	D+11.8	D+12.2	D+2.7	32,041	D+11.5%
Greenbrier County	D+11.4	D+6.5	R+13.4	14,976	D+17.4%
Hardy County	D+9.4	R+6.2	R+28.3	4,507	D+8.1%
Clay County	D+8.6	D+19.5	D+11.9	5,265	D+12.1%
Pocahontas County	D+6.7	D+3.7	R+13.1	5,291	D+14.1%
Monongalia County	D+6.4	D+3.3	R+6.1	24,626	D+18.5%
Harrison County	D+6.0	D+13.2	R+12.9	39,105	D+17.0%
Wayne County	D+5.9	D+6.9	R+2.5	17,268	D+10.7%
Hampshire County	D+5.7	R+6.4	R+31.7	5,390	D+12.1%
Tucker County	D+5.1	D+1.7	R+11.8	3,977	D+9.5%
Lincoln County	D+4.6	D+13.8	D+10.7	9,602	D+4.4%
Pendleton County	D+3.2	D+1.3	R+16.6	3,987	D+2.2%
Ohio County	D+3.0	R+1.8	R+13.9	35,790	D+28.3%
Calhoun County	D+0.7	D+3.2	R+8.9	3,921	D+4.9%
Marshall County	D+0.3	D+3.6	R+4.0	18,344	D+15.9%
Kanawha County	R+2.4	D+0.2	R+15.3	111,614	D+5.3%
Barbour County	R+2.4	D+2.0	R+11.0	7,824	D+6.8%
Monroe County	R+3.8	R+2.0	R+21.5	6,049	D+8.2%
Pleasants County	R+6.4	R+10.4	R+21.4	3,724	D+8.7%
Taylor County	R+6.7	D+3.2	R+18.5	7,481	D+14.5%
Putnam County	R+6.9	R+7.8	R+27.8	10,670	D+0.9%
Berkeley County	R+8.4	R+18.2	R+35.1	15,441	D+14.8%
Wetzel County	R+8.5	D+5.6	R+13.1	9,487	D+5.2%
Wirt County	R+12.6	R+5.1	R+25.1	2,392	R+2.7%
Cabell County	R+12.7	R+4.4	R+16.8	47,899	D+9.5%
Roane County	R+15.1	R+12.1	R+20.6	7,723	D+4.7%
Lewis County	R+17.1	R+3.8	R+32.4	8,806	D+14.9%
Mason County	R+17.4	R+2.9	R+7.6	10,946	D+7.8%
Wood County	R+17.9	R+18.2	R+37.1	37,527	D+4.6%
Mineral County	R+20.4	R+12.9	R+31.1	10,463	D+7.8%
Jackson County	R+21.0	R+18.2	R+26.3	9,150	D+10.5%
Preston County	R+24.1	R+14.1	R+26.3	11,129	D+16.4%
Upshur County	R+32.8	R+23.3	R+41.1	7,713	D+13.7%
Morgan County	R+33.6	R+26.8	R+40.8	4,121	D+11.9%
Tyler County	R+38.8	R+28.0	R+38.8	5,095	D+8.3%
Doddridge County	R+39.0	R+27.7	R+47.2	3,455	D+8.0%
Ritchie County	R+42.8	R+34.8	R+46.1	5,563	D+4.8%
Grant County	R+57.2	R+52.5	R+63.4	4,241	D+11.4%

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County Results (55 counties)

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