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Election 1921 Results

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1921 Virginia governor election

Elbert Lee Trinkle (Democrat) beat Henry W. Anderson (Republican) in Virginia in 1921, 66.1% to 31.2%, a margin of 34.9 points and 73,583 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1917, when Westmoreland Davis won.

Democrats led in 110 of the 122 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 12. The largest, Richmond, cast 16,376 votes and went to the Democrat by 53.7 points. The closest was Bland, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Elbert Lee Trinkle won	Democratic	139,416	66.1%
Henry W. Anderson	Republican	65,833	31.2%
All other candidates		5,514	2.6%
Total		210,763

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	11,864 72.4%	3,073 18.8%	1,439	16,376	D+53.7
Norfolk	6,482 83.3%	1,201 15.4%	103	7,786	D+67.8
Roanoke	4,112 72.0%	1,397 24.5%	201	5,710	D+47.5
Wise	2,771 50.7%	2,632 48.2%	59	5,462	D+2.5
Shenandoah	2,345 51.0%	2,225 48.4%	24	4,594	D+2.6
Washington	2,274 51.0%	2,164 48.5%	22	4,460	D+2.5
Grayson	2,188 49.8%	2,202 50.1%	7	4,397	R+0.3
Rockingham	2,188 51.8%	2,004 47.5%	28	4,220	D+4.4
Carroll	1,813 43.7%	2,325 56.1%	9	4,147	R+12.3
Wythe	1,961 52.2%	1,791 47.7%	5	3,757	D+4.5
Scott	1,536 42.0%	2,109 57.7%	13	3,658	R+15.7
Franklin	2,172 61.0%	1,374 38.6%	12	3,558	D+22.4
Lee	1,572 46.2%	1,820 53.5%	12	3,404	R+7.3
Portsmouth	2,823 83.2%	457 13.5%	111	3,391	D+69.8
Augusta	1,719 54.2%	1,374 43.3%	80	3,173	D+10.9
Pulaski	1,854 59.3%	1,256 40.2%	18	3,128	D+19.1
Pittsylvania	2,369 77.0%	681 22.1%	26	3,076	D+54.9
Botetourt	1,591 52.7%	1,416 46.9%	12	3,019	D+5.8
Russell	1,645 58.5%	1,152 41.0%	13	2,810	D+17.5
Loudoun	1,980 71.7%	765 27.7%	17	2,762	D+44.0
Smyth	1,344 49.6%	1,361 50.2%	5	2,710	R+0.6
Tazewell	1,259 47.2%	1,368 51.2%	43	2,670	R+4.1
Halifax	2,170 83.7%	304 11.7%	120	2,594	D+71.9
Patrick	1,423 55.1%	1,153 44.7%	6	2,582	D+10.5
Montgomery	1,263 51.3%	1,167 47.4%	30	2,460	D+3.9
Newport News	1,725 70.1%	428 17.4%	307	2,460	D+52.7
Rockbridge	1,338 55.3%	996 41.2%	84	2,418	D+14.1
Accomack	1,918 79.8%	463 19.3%	24	2,405	D+60.5
Petersburg	2,009 86.0%	200 8.6%	128	2,337	D+77.4
Fairfax	1,491 65.7%	756 33.3%	24	2,271	D+32.4
Norfolk (Ext)	1,910 87.4%	268 12.3%	8	2,186	D+75.1
Danville	1,799 85.4%	141 6.7%	166	2,106	D+78.7
Lynchburg	1,644 81.7%	219 10.9%	150	2,013	D+70.8
Fauquier	1,541 76.7%	456 22.7%	11	2,008	D+54.0
Giles	1,137 60.9%	725 38.8%	5	1,867	D+22.1
Albemarle	1,389 74.4%	448 24.0%	29	1,866	D+50.4
Frederick	1,234 66.5%	621 33.5%		1,855	D+33.0
Bedford	1,522 83.4%	274 15.0%	30	1,826	D+68.3
Page	895 49.6%	900 49.9%	10	1,805	R+0.3
Dickenson	975 54.3%	813 45.3%	8	1,796	D+9.0
Henry	1,065 62.2%	616 36.0%	30	1,711	D+26.2
Arlington	1,094 64.5%	579 34.1%	23	1,696	D+30.4
Chesterfield	1,286 78.0%	339 20.6%	24	1,649	D+57.4
Floyd	552 33.7%	1,055 64.3%	33	1,640	R+30.7
Mecklenburg	1,385 85.1%	236 14.5%	6	1,627	D+70.6
Staunton	993 61.4%	438 27.1%	186	1,617	D+34.3
Alleghany	752 48.8%	719 46.7%	70	1,541	D+2.1
Nelson	1,174 76.3%	323 21.0%	41	1,538	D+55.3
Southampton	1,335 87.1%	178 11.6%	20	1,533	D+75.5
Charlotte	1,206 80.7%	275 18.4%	14	1,495	D+62.3
Buchanan	670 46.6%	764 53.2%	3	1,437	R+6.5
Roanoke	895 65.7%	451 33.1%	17	1,363	D+32.6
Harrisonburg	627 48.2%	586 45.0%	88	1,301	D+3.2
Louisa	803 62.9%	435 34.1%	38	1,276	D+28.8
Winchester	753 60.4%	487 39.1%	6	1,246	D+21.3
Campbell	1,072 86.8%	142 11.5%	21	1,235	D+75.3
Henrico	816 66.7%	379 31.0%	29	1,224	D+35.7
Bristol	886 75.6%	262 22.4%	24	1,172	D+53.2
Buckingham	799 68.3%	308 26.3%	62	1,169	D+42.0
Northampton	930 82.4%	89 7.9%	109	1,128	D+74.6
Amherst	1,006 91.7%	75 6.8%	16	1,097	D+84.9
Stafford	634 57.8%	458 41.8%	4	1,096	D+16.1
Culpeper	833 76.1%	254 23.2%	8	1,095	D+52.9
Prince William	770 70.4%	302 27.6%	21	1,093	D+42.8
Warren	717 68.2%	331 31.5%	3	1,051	D+36.7
Hanover	804 76.7%	207 19.8%	37	1,048	D+57.0
Charlottesville	817 79.0%	120 11.6%	97	1,034	D+67.4
Appomattox	891 86.6%	135 13.1%	3	1,029	D+73.5
Orange	750 74.0%	251 24.8%	13	1,014	D+49.2
Nottoway	851 85.1%	134 13.4%	15	1,000	D+71.7
Madison	558 55.9%	431 43.2%	9	998	D+12.7
Brunswick	914 93.0%	55 5.6%	14	983	D+87.4
Radford	639 65.5%	325 33.3%	11	975	D+32.2
Prince Edward	809 83.1%	138 14.2%	26	973	D+69.0
Highland	452 48.9%	467 50.5%	5	924	R+1.6
Caroline	732 79.7%	153 16.7%	33	918	D+63.1
Isle Of Wight	753 84.0%	139 15.5%	4	896	D+68.5
Elizabeth City (Ext)	688 77.3%	165 18.5%	37	890	D+58.8
Bland	445 50.1%	442 49.7%	2	889	D+0.3
Dinwiddie	711 81.5%	152 17.4%	9	872	D+64.1
Clifton Forge	518 62.3%	221 26.6%	93	832	D+35.7
Suffolk	725 88.0%	84 10.2%	15	824	D+77.8
Mathews	651 79.4%	162 19.8%	7	820	D+59.6
Bath	388 48.7%	396 49.7%	12	796	R+1.0
Fredericksburg	534 71.1%	179 23.8%	38	751	D+47.3
Lunenburg	605 82.7%	122 16.7%	5	732	D+66.0
Craig	456 62.5%	268 36.7%	6	730	D+25.8
Goochland	519 71.2%	154 21.1%	56	729	D+50.1
Gloucester	561 77.9%	115 16.0%	44	720	D+61.9
Clarke	623 86.8%	87 12.1%	8	718	D+74.7
Northumberland	546 76.3%	92 12.8%	78	716	D+63.4
Fluvanna	490 68.7%	215 30.2%	8	713	D+38.6
Sussex	616 87.1%	68 9.6%	23	707	D+77.5
Amelia	521 76.3%	155 22.7%	7	683	D+53.6
Lancaster	529 78.0%	118 17.4%	31	678	D+60.6
Greene	300 46.3%	345 53.2%	3	648	R+6.9
Spotsylvania	391 61.3%	233 36.5%	14	638	D+24.8
South Norfolk	533 85.4%	84 13.5%	7	624	D+72.0
Greensville	488 80.3%	94 15.5%	26	608	D+64.8
Cumberland	468 77.1%	138 22.7%	1	607	D+54.4
Middlesex	458 76.7%	118 19.8%	21	597	D+57.0
Rappahannock	483 80.9%	108 18.1%	6	597	D+62.8
King William	403 67.7%	135 22.7%	57	595	D+45.0
Hampton	499 84.7%	57 9.7%	33	589	D+75.0
Princess Anne (Ext)	545 92.8%	42 7.2%		587	D+85.7
Nansemond (Ext)	505 90.3%	53 9.5%	1	559	D+80.9
Buena Vista	296 56.2%	225 42.7%	6	527	D+13.5
Surry	389 80.9%	73 15.2%	19	481	D+65.7
Prince George	341 72.2%	110 23.3%	21	472	D+48.9
King And Queen	337 71.5%	117 24.8%	17	471	D+46.7
King George	223 52.7%	193 45.6%	7	423	D+7.1
Westmoreland	321 80.7%	64 16.1%	13	398	D+64.6
Richmond	233 60.1%	153 39.4%	2	388	D+20.6
Hopewell	240 62.8%	139 36.4%	3	382	D+26.4
Powhatan	251 66.1%	85 22.4%	44	380	D+43.7
Essex	285 76.6%	68 18.3%	19	372	D+58.3
York	246 78.8%	46 14.7%	20	312	D+64.1
James City	233 78.2%	63 21.1%	2	298	D+57.0
Williamsburg	202 76.5%	48 18.2%	14	264	D+58.3
New Kent	169 65.5%	66 25.6%	23	258	D+39.9
Charles City	146 71.6%	36 17.6%	22	204	D+53.9
Warwick (Ext)	155 78.7%	26 13.2%	16	197	D+65.5

Counties as they stood in 1921; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Virginia governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2025	Abigail Spanberger (D)	D+15.4
2021	Glenn Allen Youngkin (R)	R+1.9
2017	Ralph Shearer Northam (D)	D+8.9
2013	Terry McAuliffe (D)	D+2.5
2009	Robert F. McDonnell (R)	R+17.4
2005	T. M. Kaine (D)	D+5.7
2001	M. R. Warner (D)	D+5.1
1997	Jim Gilmore (R)	R+13.3
1993	George F. Allen (R)	R+17.4
1989	L. Douglas Wilder (D)	D+0.4
1985	Gerald L. Baliles (D)	D+10.4
1981	Charles S. Robb (D)	D+7.1
1977	John N. Dalton (R)	R+12.6
1973	Mills Godwin (R)	R+50.7
1969	Linwood Holton (R)	R+7.1
1965	Mills E. Godwin Jr. (D)	D+10.2
1961	Albertis S. Harrison Jr. (D)	D+27.7
1957	J. Lindsay Almond (D)	D+26.7
1953	Thomas B. Stanley (D)	D+10.5
1949	John S. Battle (D)	D+43.0
1945	William M. Tuck (D)	D+35.5
1941	Colgate Darden (D)	D+62.7
1937	James H. Price (D)	D+67.0
1933	George C. Peery (D)	D+49.5
1929	John Garland Pollard (D)	D+25.8
1925	Harry F. Byrd (D)	D+48.1
1921	Elbert Lee Trinkle (D)	D+34.9
1917	Westmoreland Davis (D)	D+43.7
1913	Henry Carter Stuart (D)	D+91.9
1909	William Hodges Mann (D)	D+27.1
1905	Claude A. Swanson (D)	D+29.3
1901	Andrew Jackson Montague (D)	D+17.6
1897	James Hoge Tyler (D)	D+31.4
1893	Charles T. O'Ferrall (D)	D+59.7
1889	Philip W. McKinney (D)	D+14.7
1885	Fitzhugh Lee (D)	D+5.5
1881	William E. Cameron (other)
1877	Frederick W.M. Holliday (D)	D+95.9
1873	James L. Kemper (D)	D+12.3
1869	Gilbert Carlton Walker (R)	R+54.2

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