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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Virginia

Gerald Ford (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Virginia in 1976, 49.3% to 48.0%, a margin of 1.3 points and 22,658 votes.

Virginia voted 3.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1972, when Richard Nixon won.

Democrats led in 75 of the 136 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 61. The largest, Fairfax, cast 205,957 votes and went to the Republican by 8.9 points. The closest was Franklin, where 11 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
Gerald Ford won	Republican	836,554	49.3%
Jimmy Carter	Democratic	813,896	48.0%
All other candidates		46,644	2.7%
Total		1,697,094

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fairfax	92,037 44.7%	110,424 53.6%	3,496	205,957	R+8.9
Richmond	44,687 53.8%	37,176 44.7%	1,247	83,110	D+9.0
Norfolk	39,295 55.8%	28,099 39.9%	3,008	70,402	D+15.9
Henrico	21,729 31.5%	45,405 65.8%	1,847	68,981	R+34.3
Arlington	32,536 50.4%	30,972 47.9%	1,091	64,599	D+2.4
Virginia Beach	25,824 40.7%	34,593 54.5%	3,101	63,518	R+13.8
Newport News	23,058 51.8%	20,914 47.0%	520	44,492	D+4.8
Chesterfield	14,126 33.3%	27,812 65.5%	498	42,436	R+32.3
Alexandria	19,858 52.4%	16,880 44.5%	1,172	37,910	D+7.9
Portsmouth	22,837 63.0%	12,872 35.5%	537	36,246	D+27.5
Hampton	19,202 53.3%	15,021 41.7%	1,825	36,048	D+11.6
Roanoke	20,696 57.6%	14,738 41.0%	515	35,949	D+16.6
Chesapeake	17,651 54.9%	12,851 40.0%	1,655	32,157	D+14.9
Prince William	15,215 48.3%	15,446 49.0%	863	31,524	R+0.7
Roanoke	13,120 48.7%	13,587 50.4%	241	26,948	R+1.7
Lynchburg	8,227 34.6%	14,564 61.2%	1,013	23,804	R+26.6
Pittsylvania	7,929 44.3%	9,173 51.2%	811	17,913	R+6.9
Hanover	6,069 34.0%	11,559 64.7%	231	17,859	R+30.7
Loudoun	7,995 45.0%	9,192 51.8%	561	17,748	R+6.7
Danville	6,425 37.3%	10,235 59.5%	552	17,212	R+22.1
Albemarle	7,310 44.0%	9,084 54.6%	238	16,632	R+10.7
Henry	9,680 60.4%	5,612 35.0%	732	16,024	D+25.4
Rockingham	5,349 33.9%	9,768 61.9%	672	15,789	R+28.0
Montgomery	7,539 47.9%	7,971 50.6%	232	15,742	R+2.7
Suffolk	9,246 59.2%	6,066 38.9%	297	15,609	D+20.4
Augusta	5,626 38.3%	8,452 57.5%	614	14,692	R+19.2
Washington	6,547 46.7%	6,865 49.0%	603	14,015	R+2.3
Charlottesville	6,846 49.4%	6,673 48.1%	350	13,869	D+1.2
Tazewell	7,565 56.3%	5,565 41.4%	309	13,439	D+14.9
Wise	7,134 53.4%	5,691 42.6%	526	13,351	D+10.8
Petersburg	7,852 60.0%	5,041 38.5%	189	13,082	D+21.5
Campbell	4,354 35.6%	7,442 60.8%	449	12,245	R+25.2
Buchanan	5,791 54.0%	3,850 35.9%	1,087	10,728	D+18.1
Russell	6,014 56.4%	4,287 40.2%	366	10,667	D+16.2
Smyth	5,246 49.3%	5,032 47.3%	363	10,641	D+2.0
Pulaski	5,546 52.2%	4,764 44.8%	314	10,624	D+7.4
York	4,736 45.3%	5,603 53.6%	112	10,451	R+8.3
Lee	5,415 52.7%	4,679 45.5%	190	10,284	D+7.2
Franklin	6,439 63.1%	3,532 34.6%	228	10,199	D+28.5
Shenandoah	3,364 34.2%	6,296 64.0%	170	9,830	R+29.8
Accomack	4,807 50.4%	4,494 47.1%	235	9,536	D+3.3
Stafford	4,900 51.6%	4,451 46.8%	151	9,502	D+4.7
Scott	4,496 47.4%	4,313 45.4%	685	9,494	D+1.9
Bedford	4,766 51.5%	4,189 45.3%	291	9,246	D+6.2
Fauquier	4,002 43.9%	4,715 51.8%	394	9,111	R+7.8
Carroll	4,010 44.7%	4,820 53.7%	138	8,968	R+9.0
Mecklenburg	4,076 46.5%	4,423 50.4%	270	8,769	R+4.0
Halifax	4,352 50.0%	4,045 46.5%	300	8,697	D+3.5
Salem	4,404 50.7%	4,196 48.3%	90	8,690	D+2.4
Frederick	3,389 39.1%	5,162 59.5%	121	8,672	R+20.4
Wythe	3,578 43.4%	4,231 51.3%	432	8,241	R+7.9
Dickenson	4,583 55.8%	3,471 42.3%	155	8,209	D+13.5
Staunton	2,951 37.5%	4,681 59.5%	231	7,863	R+22.0
Fairfax	3,464 44.3%	4,174 53.4%	185	7,823	R+9.1
Hopewell	3,691 47.3%	3,764 48.2%	352	7,807	R+0.9
Amherst	3,675 47.3%	3,956 50.9%	145	7,776	R+3.6
Botetourt	4,021 53.1%	3,343 44.1%	209	7,573	D+9.0
Spotsylvania	4,210 55.7%	3,210 42.5%	140	7,560	D+13.2
Page	3,401 46.4%	3,780 51.5%	156	7,337	R+5.2
Isle Of Wight	4,145 59.1%	2,718 38.8%	146	7,009	D+20.4
Martinsville	3,491 50.3%	3,147 45.4%	297	6,935	D+5.0
Colonial Hts.	2,409 34.7%	4,291 61.9%	234	6,934	R+27.1
Giles	3,779 56.1%	2,731 40.5%	229	6,739	D+15.6
Culpeper	2,892 43.2%	3,659 54.6%	145	6,696	R+11.5
Warren	3,221 49.4%	2,985 45.8%	311	6,517	D+3.6
Winchester	2,346 36.2%	4,075 62.8%	63	6,484	R+26.7
Dinwiddie	3,873 59.8%	2,413 37.3%	187	6,473	D+22.6
James City	3,000 46.5%	3,186 49.4%	268	6,454	R+2.9
Gloucester	3,156 49.3%	3,025 47.2%	223	6,404	D+2.0
Bristol	3,343 52.6%	2,943 46.3%	75	6,361	D+6.3
Grayson	3,146 50.3%	3,021 48.3%	84	6,251	D+2.0
Waynesboro	2,209 37.3%	3,528 59.6%	178	5,915	R+22.3
Southampton	3,399 57.7%	2,366 40.2%	124	5,889	D+17.5
Brunswick	3,071 54.2%	2,387 42.1%	210	5,668	D+12.1
Prince Edward	2,448 45.1%	2,734 50.4%	247	5,429	R+5.3
Patrick	2,740 51.0%	2,349 43.7%	288	5,377	D+7.3
Harrisonburg	1,803 33.7%	3,376 63.0%	179	5,358	R+29.4
Nottoway	2,558 49.0%	2,486 47.6%	178	5,222	D+1.4
Orange	2,309 44.7%	2,549 49.4%	303	5,161	R+4.7
Fredericksburg	2,550 49.5%	2,527 49.1%	73	5,150	D+0.4
Louisa	2,857 55.6%	2,151 41.9%	127	5,135	D+13.7
Prince George	2,630 53.0%	2,254 45.4%	76	4,960	D+7.6
Rockbridge	2,525 51.1%	2,157 43.7%	258	4,940	D+7.4
Caroline	3,064 63.9%	1,648 34.4%	84	4,796	D+29.5
Northampton	2,459 51.9%	2,043 43.1%	233	4,735	D+8.8
Falls Church	2,202 48.0%	2,323 50.6%	63	4,588	R+2.6
Westmoreland	2,355 51.6%	1,909 41.8%	304	4,568	D+9.8
Goochland	2,259 50.7%	2,104 47.2%	92	4,455	D+3.5
Charlotte	2,312 52.6%	2,023 46.0%	59	4,394	D+6.6
Alleghany	2,462 57.7%	1,756 41.2%	47	4,265	D+16.6
Northumberland	1,814 44.0%	2,167 52.5%	145	4,126	R+8.6
Radford	2,240 54.3%	1,844 44.7%	38	4,122	D+9.6
Sussex	2,497 61.0%	1,360 33.2%	237	4,094	D+27.8
Lancaster	1,581 38.8%	2,381 58.4%	112	4,074	R+19.6
Nelson	2,426 60.2%	1,516 37.6%	85	4,027	D+22.6
Floyd	1,728 44.0%	2,071 52.8%	126	3,925	R+8.7
Appomattox	1,702 44.1%	1,964 50.8%	197	3,863	R+6.8
Buckingham	2,179 58.0%	1,487 39.6%	92	3,758	D+18.4
Manassas	1,646 44.0%	1,992 53.3%	99	3,737	R+9.3
Lunenburg	1,739 47.6%	1,816 49.7%	97	3,652	R+2.1
Greensville	2,413 66.2%	1,137 31.2%	96	3,646	D+35.0
Powhatan	1,528 42.0%	2,010 55.3%	98	3,636	R+13.3
Amelia	1,715 49.6%	1,634 47.3%	109	3,458	D+2.3
Mathews	1,309 39.6%	1,908 57.8%	86	3,303	R+18.1
Madison	1,466 45.4%	1,710 53.0%	52	3,228	R+7.6
Williamsburg	1,468 45.9%	1,654 51.8%	73	3,195	R+5.8
Covington	1,820 57.5%	1,173 37.1%	172	3,165	D+20.4
King William	1,501 47.6%	1,597 50.6%	58	3,156	R+3.0
Middlesex	1,312 43.2%	1,608 52.9%	119	3,039	R+9.7
King George	1,513 51.1%	1,383 46.8%	62	2,958	D+4.4
Surry	1,829 64.6%	929 32.8%	75	2,833	D+31.8
Clarke	1,276 45.7%	1,440 51.5%	78	2,794	R+5.9
Fluvanna	1,415 51.1%	1,296 46.8%	59	2,770	D+4.3
Cumberland	1,302 47.2%	1,284 46.6%	171	2,757	D+0.7
Essex	1,306 47.8%	1,380 50.5%	44	2,730	R+2.7
New Kent	1,338 50.6%	1,259 47.6%	47	2,644	D+3.0
Poquoson	1,140 43.2%	1,461 55.3%	39	2,640	R+12.2
South Boston	1,001 41.1%	1,389 57.0%	48	2,438	R+15.9
Galax	1,218 51.4%	1,128 47.6%	24	2,370	D+3.8
Bedford	1,122 48.9%	1,043 45.5%	129	2,294	D+3.4
Franklin	1,116 48.7%	1,127 49.2%	47	2,290	R+0.5
Richmond	864 37.8%	1,391 60.8%	33	2,288	R+23.0
Greene	895 42.0%	1,095 51.4%	140	2,130	R+9.4
Lexington	945 46.4%	1,027 50.5%	63	2,035	R+4.0
Emporia	899 44.5%	1,055 52.2%	66	2,020	R+7.7
Bland	961 47.6%	1,047 51.9%	9	2,017	R+4.3
King And Queen	1,111 55.8%	778 39.1%	103	1,992	D+16.7
Rappahannock	1,071 54.1%	881 44.5%	29	1,981	D+9.6
Charles City	1,455 74.6%	439 22.5%	57	1,951	D+52.1
Bath	1,029 53.3%	888 46.0%	15	1,932	D+7.3
Clifton Forge	993 52.5%	770 40.7%	130	1,893	D+11.8
Buena Vista	993 53.6%	771 41.6%	89	1,853	D+12.0
Craig	1,103 66.2%	546 32.8%	18	1,667	D+33.4
Norton	811 56.7%	577 40.3%	42	1,430	D+16.4
Manassas Park	709 59.6%	444 37.3%	36	1,189	D+22.3
Highland	493 43.6%	629 55.6%	10	1,132	R+12.0

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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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