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Election 1876 Results

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1876 presidential election in Virginia

Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) beat Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) in Virginia in 1876, 59.6% to 40.4%, a margin of 19.2 points and 45,252 votes.

Virginia voted 16.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

Virginia changed party: in 1872 it went Republican, for Ulysses S. Grant.

Democrats led in 68 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 31. The largest, Pittsylvania, cast 7,318 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.5 points. The closest was Nottoway, where 1 vote 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Samuel J. Tilden won	Democratic	140,770	59.6%
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	95,518	40.4%
Total		236,288

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Pittsylvania	4,042 55.2%	3,276 44.8%	7,318	D+10.5
Campbell	3,898 53.3%	3,414 46.7%	7,312	D+6.6
Halifax	2,801 45.2%	3,390 54.8%	6,191	R+9.5
Albemarle	3,229 55.4%	2,604 44.6%	5,833	D+10.7
Bedford	3,336 60.3%	2,192 39.7%	5,528	D+20.7
Norfolk (Ext)	2,372 44.5%	2,962 55.5%	5,334	R+11.1
Mecklenburg	2,043 41.2%	2,912 58.8%	4,955	R+17.5
Augusta	3,863 78.3%	1,071 21.7%	4,934	D+56.6
Loudoun	2,848 59.8%	1,917 40.2%	4,765	D+19.5
Rockingham	3,890 86.8%	590 13.2%	4,480	D+73.7
Accomack	2,851 66.9%	1,410 33.1%	4,261	D+33.8
Fauquier	2,619 64.0%	1,473 36.0%	4,092	D+28.0
Rockbridge	2,883 73.3%	1,048 26.7%	3,931	D+46.7
Chesterfield	1,969 51.0%	1,891 49.0%	3,860	D+2.0
Franklin	2,732 71.0%	1,117 29.0%	3,849	D+42.0
Henrico	1,882 49.6%	1,911 50.4%	3,793	R+0.8
Southampton	2,197 60.0%	1,462 40.0%	3,659	D+20.1
Amherst	2,061 56.4%	1,594 43.6%	3,655	D+12.8
Hanover	2,005 55.3%	1,621 44.7%	3,626	D+10.6
Fairfax	1,901 54.1%	1,614 45.9%	3,515	D+8.2
Shenandoah	3,099 91.0%	308 9.0%	3,407	D+81.9
Washington	2,564 75.4%	835 24.6%	3,399	D+50.9
Caroline	1,719 51.0%	1,651 49.0%	3,370	D+2.0
Louisa	1,595 47.5%	1,760 52.5%	3,355	R+4.9
Nansemond (Ext)	1,864 57.5%	1,379 42.5%	3,243	D+15.0
Prince Edward	1,309 41.3%	1,859 58.7%	3,168	R+17.4
Brunswick	1,601 50.6%	1,564 49.4%	3,165	D+1.2
Nelson	1,879 60.4%	1,230 39.6%	3,109	D+20.9
Henry	1,554 53.2%	1,368 46.8%	2,922	D+6.4
Buckingham	1,332 45.6%	1,586 54.4%	2,918	R+8.7
Montgomery	1,696 64.3%	941 35.7%	2,637	D+28.6
Culpeper	1,452 56.4%	1,123 43.6%	2,575	D+12.8
Isle Of Wight	1,668 67.4%	807 32.6%	2,475	D+34.8
Botetourt	1,704 70.6%	711 29.4%	2,415	D+41.1
Orange	1,281 53.4%	1,116 46.6%	2,397	D+6.9
Wythe	1,854 78.8%	499 21.2%	2,353	D+57.6
Lunenburg	1,117 47.7%	1,224 52.3%	2,341	R+4.6
Gloucester	1,187 50.8%	1,148 49.2%	2,335	D+1.7
Charlotte	1,055 46.5%	1,216 53.5%	2,271	R+7.1
Roanoke	1,326 59.6%	899 40.4%	2,225	D+19.2
Frederick	1,748 79.6%	448 20.4%	2,196	D+59.2
Princess Anne (Ext)	1,181 54.2%	999 45.8%	2,180	D+8.3
Cumberland	833 38.7%	1,320 61.3%	2,153	R+22.6
Sussex	817 38.1%	1,329 61.9%	2,146	R+23.9
Elizabeth City (Ext)	532 26.1%	1,505 73.9%	2,037	R+47.8
Appomattox	1,089 53.7%	939 46.3%	2,028	D+7.4
Northampton	897 45.5%	1,075 54.5%	1,972	R+9.0
Scott	1,343 68.5%	617 31.5%	1,960	D+37.0
King And Queen	922 47.7%	1,012 52.3%	1,934	R+4.7
Fluvanna	1,112 57.7%	815 42.3%	1,927	D+15.4
Essex	844 44.2%	1,066 55.8%	1,910	R+11.6
Dinwiddie	914 48.0%	992 52.0%	1,906	R+4.1
Lee	1,511 81.8%	337 18.2%	1,848	D+63.5
Smyth	1,521 82.7%	319 17.3%	1,840	D+65.3
Patrick	1,348 74.7%	456 25.3%	1,804	D+49.4
Spotsylvania	1,090 61.6%	680 38.4%	1,770	D+23.2
Prince William	1,201 67.9%	567 32.1%	1,768	D+35.9
Carroll	1,462 85.0%	259 15.0%	1,721	D+69.9
Floyd	1,198 70.1%	511 29.9%	1,709	D+40.2
Powhatan	656 40.2%	976 59.8%	1,632	R+19.6
Grayson	1,485 91.5%	138 8.5%	1,623	D+83.0
Rappahannock	1,083 66.7%	540 33.3%	1,623	D+33.5
Page	1,449 90.0%	161 10.0%	1,610	D+80.0
King William	702 43.8%	901 56.2%	1,603	R+12.4
Tazewell	1,435 89.7%	165 10.3%	1,600	D+79.4
York	620 39.5%	950 60.5%	1,570	R+21.0
Prince George	677 44.1%	859 55.9%	1,536	R+11.8
Buchanan	1,531 99.9%	2 0.1%	1,533	D+99.7
Nottoway	746 50.0%	747 50.0%	1,493	R+0.1
Westmoreland	714 48.3%	765 51.7%	1,479	R+3.4
Stafford	1,176 81.2%	272 18.8%	1,448	D+62.4
Clarke	1,004 70.5%	420 29.5%	1,424	D+41.0
Surry	732 51.4%	692 48.6%	1,424	D+2.8
Madison	1,264 92.1%	109 7.9%	1,373	D+84.1
Pulaski	911 67.0%	449 33.0%	1,360	D+34.0
Russell	1,210 89.9%	136 10.1%	1,346	D+79.8
Lancaster	585 44.4%	733 55.6%	1,318	R+11.2
Middlesex	648 49.3%	666 50.7%	1,314	R+1.4
Amelia	522 40.0%	783 60.0%	1,305	R+20.0
Richmond	574 45.9%	677 54.1%	1,251	R+8.2
Greensville	631 50.5%	618 49.5%	1,249	D+1.0
King George	667 54.0%	569 46.0%	1,236	D+7.9
Warren	1,071 87.1%	159 12.9%	1,230	D+74.1
Mathews	854 69.6%	373 30.4%	1,227	D+39.2
Charles City	457 37.6%	759 62.4%	1,216	R+24.8
New Kent	541 46.3%	627 53.7%	1,168	R+7.4
Northumberland	567 55.4%	457 44.6%	1,024	D+10.7
Giles	877 86.6%	136 13.4%	1,013	D+73.1
Alexandria	273 28.6%	682 71.4%	955	R+42.8
Greene	676 77.3%	199 22.7%	875	D+54.5
Goochland	475 54.5%	397 45.5%	872	D+8.9
Highland	753 92.8%	58 7.2%	811	D+85.7
James City	268 34.7%	504 65.3%	772	R+30.6
Wise	588 78.6%	160 21.4%	748	D+57.2
Bath	648 87.2%	95 12.8%	743	D+74.4
Alleghany	567 76.9%	170 23.1%	737	D+53.9
Bland	648 89.4%	77 10.6%	725	D+78.8
Craig	467 88.1%	63 11.9%	530	D+76.2
Warwick (Ext)	178 34.6%	336 65.4%	514	R+30.7

Counties as they stood in 1876; 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 in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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