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Election 1912 Results

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1912 presidential election in Virginia

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Virginia in 1912, 65.9% to 17.0%, a margin of 48.9 points and 67,044 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1908, when William Jennings Bryan won.

Democrats led in 118 of the 120 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Richmond, cast 6,623 votes and went to the Democrat by 78.9 points. The closest was Grayson, where 10 votes separated the top two.

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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
Woodrow Wilson won	Democratic	90,332	65.9%
William Howard Taft	Republican	23,288	17.0%
Theodore Roosevelt	Progressive	21,776	15.9%
All other candidates		1,579	1.2%
Total		136,975

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	5,632 85.0%	405 6.1%	586	6,623	D+78.9
Norfolk	3,539 83.7%	195 4.6%	494	4,228	D+79.1
Washington	1,721 51.9%	590 17.8%	1,004	3,315	D+34.1
Rockingham	1,761 55.2%	937 29.4%	493	3,191	D+25.8
Scott	1,311 44.3%	557 18.8%	1,094	2,962	D+25.5
Roanoke	1,913 69.7%	268 9.8%	562	2,743	D+60.0
Wise	1,279 46.7%	851 31.1%	608	2,738	D+15.6
Shenandoah	1,336 52.2%	706 27.6%	515	2,557	D+24.6
Russell	1,298 51.5%	588 23.3%	633	2,519	D+28.2
Augusta	1,556 62.7%	568 22.9%	356	2,480	D+39.8
Tazewell	979 39.8%	586 23.8%	897	2,462	D+16.0
Pittsylvania	1,558 64.2%	527 21.7%	341	2,426	D+42.5
Wythe	1,110 46.3%	633 26.4%	656	2,399	D+19.9
Lee	1,023 44.1%	699 30.2%	596	2,318	D+14.0
Franklin	1,238 54.7%	415 18.3%	609	2,262	D+36.4
Smyth	1,022 46.1%	609 27.5%	587	2,218	D+18.6
Accomack	1,825 86.3%	153 7.2%	136	2,114	D+79.1
Carroll	765 38.5%	874 44.0%	349	1,988	R+5.5
Grayson	842 42.8%	832 42.3%	292	1,966	D+0.5
Portsmouth	1,529 79.0%	64 3.3%	342	1,935	D+75.7
Lynchburg	1,487 80.8%	111 6.0%	242	1,840	D+74.8
Halifax	1,260 68.6%	426 23.2%	150	1,836	D+45.4
Loudoun	1,386 78.4%	256 14.5%	126	1,768	D+63.9
Norfolk (Ext)	1,089 62.4%	422 24.2%	233	1,744	D+38.2
Bedford	1,219 70.3%	142 8.2%	372	1,733	D+62.1
Rockbridge	949 58.8%	433 26.8%	233	1,615	D+32.0
Botetourt	889 55.3%	517 32.2%	202	1,608	D+23.1
Montgomery	684 42.9%	349 21.9%	563	1,596	D+21.0
Albemarle	1,215 80.8%	144 9.6%	144	1,503	D+71.3
Patrick	698 46.8%	434 29.1%	358	1,490	D+17.7
Pulaski	781 52.9%	196 13.3%	500	1,477	D+39.6
Fauquier	1,187 81.2%	182 12.5%	92	1,461	D+68.8
Floyd	409 30.1%	222 16.3%	730	1,361	Others
Fairfax	992 74.1%	187 14.0%	159	1,338	D+60.2
Newport News	938 70.6%	100 7.5%	291	1,329	D+63.1
Mecklenburg	1,039 78.3%	191 14.4%	97	1,327	D+63.9
Henry	707 54.3%	216 16.6%	380	1,303	D+37.7
Danville	1,066 84.6%	93 7.4%	101	1,260	D+77.2
Giles	725 58.2%	267 21.4%	254	1,246	D+36.8
Petersburg	1,122 90.2%	75 6.0%	47	1,244	D+84.2
Frederick	922 74.7%	181 14.7%	132	1,235	D+60.0
Page	703 57.8%	340 27.9%	174	1,217	D+29.8
Alexandria	951 79.2%	132 11.0%	118	1,201	D+68.2
Henrico	952 81.0%	93 7.9%	130	1,175	D+73.1
Buchanan	524 46.0%	223 19.6%	391	1,138	D+26.4
Dickenson	529 48.6%	398 36.5%	162	1,089	D+12.0
Campbell	810 77.0%	97 9.2%	145	1,052	D+67.8
Roanoke	696 68.3%	108 10.6%	215	1,019	D+57.7
Southampton	861 85.0%	95 9.4%	57	1,013	D+75.6
Prince William	814 81.4%	82 8.2%	104	1,000	D+73.2
Staunton	632 64.2%	65 6.6%	287	984	D+57.6
Nelson	706 72.7%	163 16.8%	102	971	D+55.9
Charlotte	609 66.3%	175 19.1%	134	918	D+47.3
Culpeper	752 82.2%	108 11.8%	55	915	D+70.4
Amherst	765 85.3%	64 7.1%	68	897	D+78.1
Northampton	726 81.9%	83 9.4%	77	886	D+72.6
Isle Of Wight	708 80.1%	75 8.5%	101	884	D+71.6
Caroline	590 68.1%	144 16.6%	132	866	D+51.5
Chesterfield	702 82.8%	61 7.2%	85	848	D+75.6
Nottoway	683 81.7%	72 8.6%	81	836	D+73.1
Louisa	578 70.5%	91 11.1%	151	820	D+59.4
Buckingham	603 74.4%	97 12.0%	110	810	D+62.5
Alleghany	394 48.7%	125 15.5%	290	809	D+33.3
Orange	619 80.9%	87 11.4%	59	765	D+69.5
Brunswick	643 84.2%	67 8.8%	54	764	D+75.4
Warren	571 77.2%	122 16.5%	47	740	D+60.7
Appomattox	654 89.1%	28 3.8%	52	734	D+85.3
Prince Edward	584 83.1%	72 10.2%	47	703	D+72.8
Hanover	609 86.8%	87 12.4%	6	702	D+74.4
Madison	402 59.4%	210 31.0%	65	677	D+28.4
Winchester	447 66.0%	141 20.8%	89	677	D+45.2
Stafford	347 51.6%	141 21.0%	185	673	D+30.6
Nansemond (Ext)	544 81.6%	53 7.9%	70	667	D+73.6
Dinwiddie	512 78.6%	58 8.9%	81	651	D+69.7
Gloucester	510 79.7%	74 11.6%	56	640	D+68.1
Suffolk	480 75.8%	71 11.2%	82	633	D+64.6
Highland	313 49.5%	221 35.0%	98	632	D+14.6
Clarke	576 91.4%	39 6.2%	15	630	D+85.2
Lunenburg	508 80.9%	66 10.5%	54	628	D+70.4
Northumberland	470 75.3%	102 16.3%	52	624	D+59.0
Spotsylvania	390 63.2%	58 9.4%	169	617	D+53.8
Bland	289 47.0%	206 33.5%	120	615	D+13.5
Mathews	523 86.9%	45 7.5%	34	602	D+79.4
Alexandria	346 58.2%	86 14.5%	163	595	D+43.7
Lancaster	479 82.0%	82 14.0%	23	584	D+68.0
Bristol	405 71.6%	86 15.2%	75	566	D+56.4
Fredericksburg	414 73.1%	51 9.0%	101	566	D+64.1
Sussex	435 77.5%	59 10.5%	67	561	D+67.0
Craig	337 60.8%	62 11.2%	155	554	D+49.6
Bath	329 60.5%	159 29.2%	56	544	D+31.3
Fluvanna	409 77.9%	53 10.1%	63	525	D+67.8
Princess Anne (Ext)	422 80.4%	40 7.6%	63	525	D+72.8
Goochland	322 61.5%	114 21.8%	88	524	D+39.7
Middlesex	374 71.4%	128 24.4%	22	524	D+46.9
Charlottesville	454 87.0%	39 7.5%	29	522	D+79.5
Richmond	342 69.5%	110 22.4%	40	492	D+47.2
Greene	238 49.7%	141 29.4%	100	479	D+20.3
Rappahannock	356 75.1%	94 19.8%	24	474	D+55.3
Surry	360 77.4%	57 12.3%	48	465	D+65.2
Elizabeth City (Ext)	347 75.6%	43 9.4%	69	459	D+66.2
Westmoreland	341 74.9%	69 15.2%	45	455	D+59.8
Clifton Forge	293 64.7%	63 13.9%	97	453	D+50.8
King William	305 69.5%	69 15.7%	65	439	D+53.8
Amelia	325 79.5%	32 7.8%	52	409	D+71.6
King George	256 62.9%	48 11.8%	103	407	D+51.1
Cumberland	362 89.6%	10 2.5%	32	404	D+87.1
Powhatan	230 56.9%	109 27.0%	65	404	D+30.0
Greensville	294 73.3%	31 7.7%	76	401	D+65.6
Hampton	353 88.5%	13 3.3%	33	399	D+85.2
King And Queen	246 68.0%	68 18.8%	48	362	D+49.2
Essex	278 77.0%	72 19.9%	11	361	D+57.1
Radford	185 56.4%	36 11.0%	107	328	D+45.4
Prince George	204 69.2%	42 14.2%	49	295	D+54.9
York	211 76.2%	34 12.3%	32	277	D+63.9
Buena Vista	155 60.3%	43 16.7%	59	257	D+43.6
New Kent	160 67.5%	30 12.7%	47	237	D+54.9
Charles City	121 66.9%	37 20.4%	23	181	D+46.4
Warwick (Ext)	123 71.5%	17 9.9%	32	172	D+61.6
James City	128 82.1%	10 6.4%	18	156	D+75.6
Williamsburg	113 81.3%	11 7.9%	15	139	D+73.4

Counties as they stood in 1912; 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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