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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Virginia

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in Virginia in 1996, 47.1% to 45.1%, a margin of 2.0 points and 47,290 votes.

Virginia voted 10.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1992, when George H. W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 83 of the 133 counties and Democrats in 50. The largest, Fairfax, cast 365,263 votes and went to the Republican by 1.6 points. The closest was Louisa, where 7 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bob Dole won Republican 1,138,350 47.1%
Bill Clinton Democratic 1,091,060 45.1%
Ross Perot Reform 159,861 6.6%
All other candidates 27,371 1.1%
Total2,416,642

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fairfax 170,150 46.6% 176,033 48.2% 19,080 365,263 R+1.6
Virginia Beach city 52,142 41.4% 63,741 50.6% 10,060 125,943 R+9.2
Henrico 41,121 40.3% 54,430 53.4% 6,441 101,992 R+13.0
Chesterfield 30,220 32.4% 56,650 60.7% 6,435 93,305 R+28.3
Prince William 33,462 42.7% 39,292 50.1% 5,689 78,443 R+7.4
Arlington 45,573 60.5% 26,106 34.6% 3,697 75,376 D+25.8
Richmond city 42,273 63.0% 20,993 31.3% 3,812 67,078 D+31.7
Chesapeake city 28,713 45.8% 29,251 46.7% 4,722 62,686 R+0.9
Norfolk city 37,655 62.6% 18,693 31.1% 3,776 60,124 D+31.5
Newport News city 27,678 51.0% 23,072 42.5% 3,538 54,288 D+8.5
Loudoun 19,942 40.4% 25,715 52.1% 3,673 49,330 R+11.7
Alexandria city 27,968 61.6% 15,554 34.3% 1,877 45,399 D+27.3
Hampton city 24,493 55.0% 16,596 37.3% 3,418 44,507 D+17.7
Roanoke 15,387 39.0% 20,700 52.5% 3,334 39,421 R+13.5
Portsmouth city 22,150 62.6% 10,686 30.2% 2,573 35,409 D+32.4
Hanover 9,880 28.5% 22,086 63.6% 2,758 34,724 R+35.2
Roanoke city 17,282 54.0% 12,283 38.4% 2,451 32,016 D+15.6
Albemarle 14,089 45.1% 15,243 48.8% 1,896 31,228 R+3.7
Spotsylvania 10,342 39.5% 13,786 52.6% 2,069 26,197 R+13.1
Stafford 9,902 38.0% 14,098 54.0% 2,089 26,089 R+16.1
Bedford 8,851 36.2% 12,945 53.0% 2,624 24,420 R+16.8
Montgomery 10,867 44.7% 10,517 43.3% 2,914 24,298 D+1.4
Lynchburg city 10,281 44.7% 11,441 49.7% 1,290 23,012 R+5.0
Augusta 5,965 27.0% 13,458 60.9% 2,679 22,102 R+33.9
Pittsylvania 7,681 35.4% 12,127 55.8% 1,906 21,714 R+20.5
Rockingham 5,867 27.0% 14,035 64.7% 1,805 21,707 R+37.6
Henry 9,061 43.4% 9,110 43.6% 2,703 20,874 R+0.2
Suffolk city 10,827 52.2% 8,572 41.3% 1,355 20,754 D+10.9
York 7,731 37.3% 11,396 55.0% 1,611 20,738 R+17.7
Fauquier 6,759 35.1% 11,063 57.4% 1,436 19,258 R+22.3
Campbell 6,788 35.9% 10,273 54.3% 1,841 18,902 R+18.4
James City 7,247 39.0% 10,120 54.4% 1,219 18,586 R+15.5
Danville city 8,168 44.1% 9,254 50.0% 1,097 18,519 R+5.9
Frederick 5,976 32.5% 10,608 57.6% 1,828 18,412 R+25.2
Washington 6,939 38.2% 9,098 50.1% 2,132 18,169 R+11.9
Franklin 7,300 43.0% 7,382 43.5% 2,305 16,987 R+0.5
Tazewell 7,500 48.6% 6,131 39.7% 1,809 15,440 D+8.9
Shenandoah 4,224 31.8% 7,440 56.0% 1,616 13,280 R+24.2
Halifax 5,599 42.3% 6,490 49.1% 1,137 13,226 R+6.7
Wise 6,712 51.3% 4,660 35.6% 1,720 13,092 D+15.7
Charlottesville city 7,916 61.9% 4,091 32.0% 782 12,789 D+29.9
Gloucester 4,710 37.4% 6,447 51.2% 1,436 12,593 R+13.8
Botetourt 4,576 37.0% 6,404 51.7% 1,400 12,380 R+14.8
Pulaski 5,333 43.3% 5,387 43.8% 1,584 12,304 R+0.4
Accomack 5,220 44.8% 5,013 43.0% 1,421 11,654 D+1.8
Smyth 4,990 42.9% 4,966 42.7% 1,663 11,619 D+0.2
Isle of Wight 4,952 43.6% 5,416 47.6% 1,001 11,369 R+4.1
Manassas city 4,378 39.9% 5,799 52.9% 783 10,960 R+13.0
Amherst 4,864 44.5% 5,094 46.6% 966 10,924 R+2.1
Petersburg city 8,105 74.4% 2,261 20.8% 524 10,890 D+53.7
Culpeper 3,907 37.0% 5,688 53.9% 958 10,553 R+16.9
Buchanan 6,551 63.4% 2,785 27.0% 996 10,332 D+36.4
Mecklenburg 4,408 42.9% 4,933 48.0% 937 10,278 R+5.1
Russell 5,437 53.7% 3,706 36.6% 985 10,128 D+17.1
Salem city 4,282 42.5% 4,936 49.0% 861 10,079 R+6.5
Carroll 3,611 36.2% 5,088 51.0% 1,270 9,969 R+14.8
Warren 3,814 39.5% 4,657 48.2% 1,181 9,652 R+8.7
Prince George 3,498 36.8% 5,216 54.9% 793 9,507 R+18.1
Harrisonburg city 3,346 37.4% 4,945 55.3% 646 8,937 R+17.9
Orange 3,590 40.3% 4,435 49.8% 883 8,908 R+9.5
Fairfax city 3,909 44.7% 4,319 49.4% 517 8,745 R+4.7
Lee 4,444 51.7% 3,225 37.5% 935 8,604 D+14.2
Scott 3,449 40.2% 4,086 47.7% 1,038 8,573 R+7.4
Wythe 3,275 38.3% 4,274 50.0% 1,000 8,549 R+11.7
Staunton city 3,162 37.5% 4,526 53.7% 747 8,435 R+16.2
Louisa 3,761 45.2% 3,768 45.3% 794 8,323 R+0.1
Dinwiddie 3,871 47.4% 3,503 42.9% 792 8,166 D+4.5
Powhatan 2,254 29.5% 4,679 61.2% 710 7,643 R+31.7
Page 2,868 38.3% 3,876 51.8% 735 7,479 R+13.5
Goochland 2,784 37.5% 4,119 55.5% 522 7,425 R+18.0
Caroline 3,897 53.5% 2,816 38.7% 572 7,285 D+14.8
Rockbridge 3,116 42.8% 3,274 45.0% 889 7,279 R+2.2
Winchester city 3,027 41.9% 3,681 51.0% 514 7,222 R+9.1
Hopewell city 2,868 40.6% 3,493 49.5% 701 7,062 R+8.9
Colonial Heights city 1,782 25.6% 4,632 66.6% 539 6,953 R+41.0
Dickenson 3,913 57.0% 2,229 32.5% 726 6,868 D+24.5
Patrick 2,301 34.0% 3,547 52.4% 923 6,771 R+18.4
Giles 3,196 47.5% 2,566 38.2% 964 6,726 D+9.4
Alleghany 3,372 50.2% 2,501 37.2% 842 6,715 D+13.0
Southampton 3,454 51.4% 2,275 33.9% 986 6,715 D+17.6
Fluvanna 2,676 40.2% 3,442 51.7% 545 6,663 R+11.5
Waynesboro city 2,398 36.5% 3,466 52.7% 712 6,576 R+16.2
Grayson 2,661 41.6% 3,004 46.9% 738 6,403 R+5.4
Fredericksburg city 3,215 52.2% 2,579 41.8% 370 6,164 D+10.3
Bristol city 2,586 42.9% 2,983 49.5% 457 6,026 R+6.6
Brunswick 3,442 58.2% 2,059 34.8% 417 5,918 D+23.4
Martinsville city 2,941 50.3% 2,446 41.9% 455 5,842 D+8.5
Westmoreland 2,949 51.0% 2,333 40.3% 506 5,788 D+10.6
Prince Edward 2,678 47.2% 2,530 44.6% 470 5,678 D+2.6
Appomattox 2,239 40.9% 2,625 47.9% 613 5,477 R+7.0
Poquoson city 1,409 26.7% 3,422 64.9% 445 5,276 R+38.2
New Kent 1,859 35.3% 2,852 54.1% 556 5,267 R+18.9
Nelson 2,782 52.8% 1,988 37.8% 494 5,264 D+15.1
Nottoway 2,327 44.6% 2,416 46.3% 471 5,214 R+1.7
Northumberland 1,957 38.9% 2,605 51.8% 466 5,028 R+12.9
Northampton 2,569 51.9% 1,763 35.6% 616 4,948 D+16.3
Floyd 1,909 38.7% 2,374 48.1% 656 4,939 R+9.4
Lancaster 1,844 37.7% 2,709 55.4% 340 4,893 R+17.7
Buckingham 2,374 48.9% 1,974 40.7% 502 4,850 D+8.2
King George 1,875 38.7% 2,597 53.6% 371 4,843 R+14.9
Charlotte 2,007 43.5% 2,103 45.6% 504 4,614 R+2.1
Clarke 1,906 41.7% 2,201 48.2% 462 4,569 R+6.5
Madison 1,734 38.4% 2,296 50.9% 480 4,510 R+12.5
King William 1,765 39.5% 2,346 52.5% 358 4,469 R+13.0
Lunenburg 1,995 44.7% 2,063 46.3% 402 4,460 R+1.5
Middlesex 1,704 39.7% 2,141 49.8% 452 4,297 R+10.2
Falls Church city 2,375 55.4% 1,644 38.4% 265 4,284 D+17.1
Radford city 2,113 49.3% 1,742 40.7% 428 4,283 D+8.7
Mathews 1,602 37.6% 2,206 51.8% 452 4,260 R+14.2
Greene 1,440 33.9% 2,351 55.3% 461 4,252 R+21.4
Amelia 1,625 39.2% 2,119 51.1% 400 4,144 R+11.9
Greensville 2,381 62.0% 1,176 30.6% 286 3,843 D+31.4
Sussex 2,089 55.1% 1,378 36.3% 325 3,792 D+18.8
Williamsburg city 1,820 50.7% 1,560 43.4% 212 3,592 D+7.2
Essex 1,668 47.2% 1,627 46.1% 238 3,533 D+1.2
Franklin city 1,962 58.0% 1,200 35.5% 223 3,385 D+22.5
Cumberland 1,303 40.8% 1,544 48.4% 343 3,190 R+7.6
Rappahannock 1,405 44.2% 1,505 47.3% 271 3,181 R+3.1
Surry 1,753 59.7% 944 32.1% 241 2,938 D+27.5
Richmond 1,101 39.4% 1,424 50.9% 272 2,797 R+11.5
Charles City 1,842 66.1% 729 26.2% 216 2,787 D+39.9
King and Queen 1,393 50.5% 1,073 38.9% 290 2,756 D+11.6
Bland 939 37.0% 1,167 46.0% 431 2,537 R+9.0
Covington city 1,394 56.8% 763 31.1% 296 2,453 D+25.7
Galax city 1,033 47.4% 910 41.7% 238 2,181 D+5.6
Craig 895 41.5% 979 45.3% 285 2,159 R+3.9
Buena Vista city 1,090 53.0% 713 34.7% 254 2,057 D+18.3
Emporia city 1,103 53.7% 835 40.7% 116 2,054 D+13.0
Bath 922 45.0% 847 41.3% 282 2,051 D+3.7
Lexington city 1,059 51.8% 850 41.6% 136 2,045 D+10.2
Manassas Park city 748 40.7% 916 49.8% 174 1,838 R+9.1
Norton city 802 58.0% 416 30.1% 164 1,382 D+27.9
Highland 446 36.5% 631 51.7% 144 1,221 R+15.2

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

YearWinnerMargin
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