United States presidential elections in Virginia explained

State:Virginia
Number Of Elections:57
Voted Democratic:30
Voted Republican:16
Voted Dem Rep:8
Voted Other:3
Voted Winning:40
Voted Losing:17

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Virginia, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Virginia has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864 during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the election of 1868, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction. As of 2022, it is the only state of the former Confederacy to vote reliably Democratic.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 2,413,568 54.11 1,962,430 44.00 — 13
2016[2] 1,769,443 44.43 Hillary Clinton 1,981,473 49.75 —13
2012[3] Barack Obama 1,971,820 51.16 1,822,522 47.28 —13
2008[4] Barack Obama 1,959,532 52.63 1,725,005 46.33 —13
2004[5] George W. Bush 1,716,959 53.68 1,454,742 45.48 —13
2000[6] George W. Bush 1,437,490 52.47 1,217,290 44.44 —13
1996[7] 1,091,060 45.15 Bob Dole 1,138,350 47.1 159,861 6.62 13
1,038,650 40.59 George H. W. Bush 1,150,517 44.97 348,639 13.63 13
George H. W. Bush 1,309,162 59.74 859,799 39.23 —12
Ronald Reagan 1,337,078 62.29 796,250 37.09 —12
Ronald Reagan 989,609 53.03 752,174 40.31 95,418 5.11 12
813,896 47.96 Gerald Ford 836,554 49.29 —12
Richard Nixon 988,493 67.84 438,887 30.12 —12 electoral vote split: 11 to Nixon, 1 to John Hospers (faithless elector)
Richard Nixon 590,319 43.36 442,387 32.49 321,833 23.64 12
Lyndon B. Johnson 558,038 53.54 481,334 46.18 —12
362,327 46.97 Richard Nixon 404,521 52.44 —12
Dwight D. Eisenhower 386,459 55.37 267,760 38.36 42,964 6.16 12
Dwight D. Eisenhower 349,037 56.32 268,677 43.36 —12
Harry S. Truman 200,786 47.89 172,070 41.04 43,393 10.35 11
Franklin D. Roosevelt 242,276 62.36 145,243 37.39 —11
Franklin D. Roosevelt 235,961 68.08 109,363 31.55 —11
Franklin D. Roosevelt 234,980 70.23 98,336 29.39 —11
Franklin D. Roosevelt 203,979 68.46 89,637 30.09 —11
Herbert Hoover 164,609 53.91 140,146 45.90 —12
73,312 32.79 John W. Davis 139,716 62.48 10,377 4.64 12
87,456 37.85 James M. Cox 141,670 61.32 243 0.11 12
Woodrow Wilson 101,840 66.99 48,384 31.83 —12
Woodrow Wilson 90,332 65.95 21,776 15.90 23,288 17.00 12
52,572 38.36 William Jennings Bryan 82,946 60.52 —12
48,180 36.95 Alton B. Parker 80,649 61.84 —12
115,769 43.82 William Jennings Bryan 146,079 55.29 —12
135,379 45.94 William Jennings Bryan 154,708 52.50 —12
Grover Cleveland 164,136 56.17 113,098 38.70 12,275 4.20 12
150,399 49.46 Grover Cleveland 152,004 49.99 —12
Grover Cleveland 145,491 51.05 139,356 48.90 —12
83,533 39.47 Winfield S. Hancock 128,083 60.53 James B. Weaver——11
Rutherford B. Hayes95,518 40.42 Samuel J. Tilden140,770 59.58 —11
Ulysses S. Grant 93,463 50.47 91,647 49.49 —11
1868 —No vote due to status of Reconstruction.
1864 —No vote due to secession.

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states, including Virginia, and brought about the American Civil War.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1860Abraham Lincoln1,8871.1Stephen A. Douglas16,1989.7John C. Breckinridge74,32544.5John Bell74,48144.615

Elections from 1828 to 1856

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Buchanan 90,083 59.96 no ballots 60,150 40.04 15
Franklin Pierce 73,872 55.71 58,732 44.29 no ballots 15
45,265 49.20 Lewis Cass 46,739 50.80 no ballots 17
James K. Polk 50,679 53.05 44,860 46.95 —17
42,637 49.35 Martin Van Buren 43,757 50.65 —23
Martin Van Buren 30,556 56.64 23,384 43.35 various 23
Andrew Jackson 34,243 74.96 11,436 25.03 3 0.01 23
Andrew Jackson 26,854 68.99 12,070 31.01 —24

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 2,975 19.35 3,419 22.24 419 2.73 William H. Crawford 8,558 55.68 24

Elections from 1788-89 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all 25 of Virginia's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)Runner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Monroe —25 Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
James Monroe 25
James Madison 25
James Madison 24
Thomas Jefferson 24
Thomas Jefferson 21
Thomas Jefferson 21 Electoral vote split, twenty for Jefferson, one for Adams.
George Washington —21 Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89George Washington —10 Washington effectively ran unopposed.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. The New York Times. 3 November 2020 . November 15, 2020.
  2. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  3. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  6. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.

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