2020 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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2020 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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The 2020 United States presidential election in West Virginia is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] West Virginia voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of West Virginia has 5 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

By the time that the primary elections were held in the state on June 9, 2020, incumbent President Donald Trump was already the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, being the only viable declared major candidate left. On the Democratic Party's side, Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive nominee after Senator Bernie Sanders, his last competitor, withdrew on April 8, 2020.

Primary elections

The primary elections were originally scheduled for May 12, 2020. In April, they were moved to June 9 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

Incumbent President Donald Trump won the Republican primary, and received all of West Virginia's 35 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[4]

Mountain (Green) primary

West Virginia's Green Party affiliate conducted an online party-run primary, utilizing the state's original primary date of May 12, 2020 as its deadline.

West Virginia Mountain (Green) Party presidential primary[5]
Candidate Percentage National delegates
Howie Hawkins 78.3% 5
David Rolde 8.7% 0
Jesse Ventura (Write-in) 8.7% 0
Dario Hunter 4.3% 0
Total 100.00% 5

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[6] Safe R September 10, 2020
Inside Elections[7] Safe R September 4, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe R July 14, 2020
Politico[9] Safe R September 8, 2020
RCP[10] Safe R August 3, 2020
Niskanen[11] Safe R July 26, 2020
CNN[12] Safe R August 3, 2020
The Economist[13] Safe R September 2, 2020
CBS News[14] Likely R August 16, 2020
270towin[15] Safe R August 2, 2020
ABC News[16] Safe R July 31, 2020
NPR[17] Likely R August 3, 2020
NBC News[18] Safe R August 6, 2020
538[19] Safe R September 9, 2020

Polling

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Donald
Trump (R)		 Joe
Biden (D)		 Undecided
WPA Intelligence/Club for Growth[upper-alpha 1] Jan 7–9, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 66% 31% 3%
Former candidates
Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Donald
Trump (R)		 Bernie
Sanders (D)		 Undecided
WPA Intelligence/Club for Growth[upper-alpha 1] Jan 7–9, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4 % 66% 29% 5%
Tulchin Research Oct 6–13, 2017 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 46% 48% 6%
Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Donald
Trump (R)		 Elizabeth
Warren (D)		 Undecided
Zogby Analytics Aug 17–23, 2017 401 (LV) ± 4.9% 43% 40% 17%

Results

2020 United States presidential election in West Virginia[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Democratic Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen and Spike Cohen
Mountain Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker
Total votes

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Club for Growth is a PAC supporting the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign

See also

References

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