1996
| Clinton
(Dem.)........327,812 |
(51.51) |
| Dole
(Rep.)............233,946 |
(36.76) |
| Perot
(Ref.)..............71,639 |
(11.26)
|
| Browne
(Lib.).............3,062 |
(0.48)
|
| Total........636,459 |
|
1992
| Clinton
(Dem.)........331,001 |
(48.41) |
| Bush
(Rep.)...........241,974 |
(35.39) |
| Perot
(Ind.).............108,829 |
(15.92)
|
| Browne
(Lib.).............1,907 |
(0.28)
|
| Total........683,711 |
|
|
2000
| Gore/Lieberman
(Dem.) |
295,497
|
(45.59)
|
| +Bush/Cheney
(Rep.) |
336,475
|
(51.92)
|
| Browne/Olivier
(Lib.) |
1,912
|
(0.30)
|
| Hagelin/Goldhaber(NLP) |
367
|
(0.06)
|
| Buchanan/Foster
(Ref.) |
3,169
|
(0.49)
|
| Nader/LaDuke
(Grn.) |
10,680
|
(1.65)
|
| Earnest
Lee Easton (w/in) |
0
|
- |
| Howard
Phillips (w/in) |
23
|
- |
| Gloria
Dawn Strickland (w) |
1
|
- |
| Total........648,124 |
|
|
Voter
Registration: 1,066,349
- Dem. 658,945 (61.79%), Rep. 309,528 (29.03%), Lib 964, Indep. and
Other
96,912 (9.09%)
|
2000
Overview
Bush carried this
reliably
Democratic state despite a two-to-one registration advantage for
Democrats.
The Bush-Cheney ticket won with a plurality of 40,978 votes (6.33
percentage
points). Bush carried 42 counties to Gore's 13. Concerns
among
coal miners about Gore's environmental positions, among steel workers
about
foreign dumping, and among gun owners hurt the Vice President. In
the open second congressional district race, Republican Shelley Moore
Capito
picked up a seat despite running against the top spending House
candidate
in the country, Jim Humphries ($6.9 million).
General
Election Activity |
|
Notes:
West Virginia
has three official parties: the Democrats, Republicans and
Libertarians.
On April 7, 1999 Gov. Underwood signed SB 591 into law, making ballot
access
markedly more difficult for minor party and independent candidates by
increasing
the required number of signatures from one percent of votes cast in the
last election to two percent. 6,365 signatures were required
before
June 11, 1999 and 12, 730 after. The Natural Law Party
successfully
petitioned to get on the ballot in 1999. The Reform Party
submitted
petitions on August 1, 2000 containing 14,871 valid signatures, 2,141
more
than required. Nader supporters turned in 7,111 valid signatures,
short of the number required, but the Nader campaign went to court, and
the Green Party made the ballot as a result of a Sept. 15, 2000
decision
by Judge Charles H. Haden, II of the U.S. District Court, Southern
District
of West Virginia. |
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