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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Virginia

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Virginia in 1916, 67.0% to 31.8%, a margin of 35.2 points and 53,456 votes.

Virginia voted 32.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1912, when Woodrow Wilson also won.

Democrats led in 108 of the 122 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 14. The largest, Richmond, cast 8,303 votes and went to the Democrat by 69.6 points. The closest was King George, where 6 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Woodrow Wilson won	Democratic	101,840	67.0%
Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	48,384	31.8%
All other candidates		1,801	1.2%
Total		152,025

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	6,987 84.2%	1,210 14.6%	106	8,303	D+69.6
Norfolk	3,234 75.3%	963 22.4%	95	4,292	D+52.9
Washington	1,863 51.9%	1,717 47.8%	9	3,589	D+4.1
Wise	1,468 43.6%	1,862 55.3%	35	3,365	R+11.7
Scott	1,319 42.9%	1,743 56.6%	15	3,077	R+13.8
Rockingham	1,650 54.8%	1,322 43.9%	40	3,012	D+10.9
Russell	1,570 52.5%	1,410 47.1%	11	2,991	D+5.3
Roanoke	2,246 76.1%	610 20.7%	94	2,950	D+55.5
Shenandoah	1,440 49.2%	1,425 48.7%	61	2,926	D+0.5
Lee	1,287 44.9%	1,569 54.7%	13	2,869	R+9.8
Pittsylvania	2,012 70.5%	801 28.1%	40	2,853	D+42.4
Tazewell	1,108 40.7%	1,591 58.5%	21	2,720	R+17.8
Wythe	1,334 49.2%	1,370 50.6%	6	2,710	R+1.3
Augusta	1,751 66.2%	845 32.0%	48	2,644	D+34.3
Franklin	1,481 57.4%	1,094 42.4%	7	2,582	D+15.0
Smyth	1,134 46.0%	1,321 53.6%	8	2,463	R+7.6
Norfolk (Ext)	1,612 69.0%	684 29.3%	41	2,337	D+39.7
Halifax	1,781 77.7%	493 21.5%	17	2,291	D+56.2
Carroll	858 37.6%	1,424 62.4%		2,282	R+24.8
Grayson	967 43.7%	1,244 56.2%	4	2,215	R+12.5
Accomack	1,745 84.3%	299 14.4%	26	2,070	D+69.9
Bedford	1,628 84.0%	298 15.4%	11	1,937	D+68.7
Loudoun	1,490 77.5%	404 21.0%	28	1,922	D+56.5
Pulaski	1,057 56.7%	721 38.7%	86	1,864	D+18.0
Lynchburg	1,465 79.5%	353 19.2%	24	1,842	D+60.4
Portsmouth	1,368 75.5%	376 20.8%	67	1,811	D+54.8
Botetourt	900 53.2%	775 45.8%	16	1,691	D+7.4
Patrick	872 51.6%	815 48.2%	3	1,690	D+3.4
Montgomery	765 45.9%	891 53.4%	11	1,667	R+7.6
Fairfax	1,179 70.8%	472 28.3%	15	1,666	D+42.4
Rockbridge	1,049 63.2%	601 36.2%	11	1,661	D+27.0
Albemarle	1,376 86.1%	223 13.9%		1,599	D+72.1
Frederick	1,194 75.5%	366 23.1%	21	1,581	D+52.4
Fauquier	1,204 76.5%	367 23.3%	3	1,574	D+53.2
Buchanan	720 46.3%	827 53.2%	7	1,554	R+6.9
Mecklenburg	1,317 85.3%	222 14.4%	5	1,544	D+70.9
Danville	1,151 77.0%	229 15.3%	115	1,495	D+61.7
Page	842 57.0%	613 41.5%	22	1,477	D+15.5
Newport News	939 64.1%	465 31.7%	61	1,465	D+32.4
Giles	839 58.3%	596 41.4%	5	1,440	D+16.9
Dickenson	650 45.4%	753 52.6%	28	1,431	R+7.2
Henry	851 59.6%	567 39.7%	11	1,429	D+19.9
Alexandria	1,038 73.5%	364 25.8%	10	1,412	D+47.7
Floyd	472 34.6%	893 65.4%		1,365	R+30.8
Roanoke	850 63.2%	460 34.2%	34	1,344	D+29.0
Petersburg	1,155 87.0%	161 12.1%	11	1,327	D+74.9
Nelson	1,063 81.0%	249 19.0%		1,312	D+62.0
Campbell	1,007 79.6%	185 14.6%	73	1,265	D+65.0
Amherst	1,142 91.6%	93 7.5%	12	1,247	D+84.1
Southampton	1,045 89.1%	128 10.9%		1,173	D+78.2
Charlotte	856 78.4%	227 20.8%	9	1,092	D+57.6
Culpeper	849 81.8%	184 17.7%	5	1,038	D+64.1
Alleghany	544 54.8%	432 43.5%	17	993	D+11.3
Louisa	710 72.1%	263 26.7%	12	985	D+45.4
Alexandria	515 54.2%	412 43.4%	23	950	D+10.8
Prince William	754 79.4%	192 20.2%	4	950	D+59.2
Lunenburg	814 86.9%	110 11.7%	13	937	D+75.1
Madison	572 61.6%	348 37.5%	8	928	D+24.1
Northampton	802 87.2%	109 11.8%	9	920	D+75.3
Hanover	760 87.0%	102 11.7%	12	874	D+75.3
Stafford	444 51.2%	422 48.6%	2	868	D+2.5
Chesterfield	699 81.5%	141 16.4%	18	858	D+65.0
Brunswick	772 90.4%	82 9.6%		854	D+80.8
Henrico	690 81.2%	140 16.5%	20	850	D+64.7
Caroline	637 75.8%	198 23.6%	5	840	D+52.3
Appomattox	700 83.7%	133 15.9%	3	836	D+67.8
Staunton	511 61.3%	311 37.3%	11	833	D+24.0
Isle Of Wight	679 82.8%	140 17.1%	1	820	D+65.7
Buckingham	625 76.8%	181 22.2%	8	814	D+54.5
Warren	583 72.2%	214 26.5%	10	807	D+45.7
Bland	356 45.6%	420 53.8%	4	780	R+8.2
Prince Edward	668 86.1%	108 13.9%		776	D+72.2
Orange	608 79.6%	153 20.0%	3	764	D+59.6
Charlottesville	618 83.6%	117 15.8%	4	739	D+67.8
Nansemond (Ext)	663 90.5%	70 9.5%		733	D+80.9
Gloucester	582 80.2%	142 19.6%	2	726	D+60.6
Nottoway	608 85.9%	91 12.9%	9	708	D+73.0
Winchester	468 68.4%	196 28.7%	20	684	D+39.8
Highland	370 54.2%	310 45.4%	3	683	D+8.8
Dinwiddie	592 87.3%	85 12.5%	1	678	D+74.8
Bristol	489 72.2%	184 27.2%	4	677	D+45.1
Harrisonburg	346 51.6%	319 47.6%	5	670	D+4.0
Mathews	549 83.9%	90 13.8%	15	654	D+70.2
Spotsylvania	398 61.3%	249 38.4%	2	649	D+23.0
Clarke	590 92.2%	49 7.7%	1	640	D+84.5
Northumberland	503 81.5%	111 18.0%	3	617	D+63.5
Bath	387 63.2%	219 35.8%	6	612	D+27.5
Clifton Forge	455 74.3%	104 17.0%	53	612	D+57.4
Goochland	413 67.6%	193 31.6%	5	611	D+36.0
Suffolk	437 72.4%	158 26.2%	9	604	D+46.2
Fluvanna	513 86.4%	81 13.6%		594	D+72.7
Sussex	486 82.8%	96 16.4%	5	587	D+66.4
Princess Anne (Ext)	515 88.3%	67 11.5%	1	583	D+76.8
Craig	369 64.6%	200 35.0%	2	571	D+29.6
Elizabeth City (Ext)	411 73.4%	132 23.6%	17	560	D+49.8
Fredericksburg	380 68.6%	173 31.2%	1	554	D+37.4
Middlesex	373 70.6%	155 29.4%		528	D+41.3
Surry	430 81.6%	90 17.1%	7	527	D+64.5
Lancaster	461 88.3%	58 11.1%	3	522	D+77.2
Cumberland	446 85.9%	73 14.1%		519	D+71.9
Richmond	329 64.6%	180 35.4%		509	D+29.3
Rappahannock	401 81.5%	84 17.1%	7	492	D+64.4
Amelia	403 82.6%	80 16.4%	5	488	D+66.2
Greensville	392 83.4%	76 16.2%	2	470	D+67.2
Westmoreland	338 72.7%	126 27.1%	1	465	D+45.6
King William	342 74.2%	119 25.8%		461	D+48.4
Greene	221 48.0%	239 52.0%		460	R+3.9
King George	223 50.3%	217 49.0%	3	443	D+1.4
Hampton	350 85.4%	56 13.7%	4	410	D+71.7
King And Queen	271 68.1%	127 31.9%		398	D+36.2
Essex	302 79.7%	77 20.3%		379	D+59.4
Powhatan	233 67.3%	112 32.4%	1	346	D+35.0
Prince George	258 77.9%	72 21.8%	1	331	D+56.2
Radford	206 63.0%	115 35.2%	6	327	D+27.8
York	247 82.9%	51 17.1%		298	D+65.8
New Kent	192 72.7%	69 26.1%	3	264	D+46.6
Buena Vista	158 62.7%	92 36.5%	2	252	D+26.2
Charles City	139 70.6%	57 28.9%	1	197	D+41.6
James City	127 77.9%	34 20.9%	2	163	D+57.1
Warwick (Ext)	97 64.7%	53 35.3%		150	D+29.3
Williamsburg	97 82.2%	21 17.8%		118	D+64.4
Hopewell	24 85.7%	3 10.7%	1	28	D+75.0

Counties as they stood in 1916; 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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