Gerald Ford carried Virginia R+1.3.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Virginia, 1976. The state ran 3.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1976 ballot here.

Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Gerald Ford (R)

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Virginia result

1,697,094 votes counted

Carter (D)

813,896

48.0%

Ford (R)

836,554

49.3%

All others

46,644

2.7%

Margin

R+1.3

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1976 presidential election

Virginia, 1976

FordR+1.3

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	49.3%	836,554
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	48.0%	813,896
OtherAll other candidates	2.7%	46,644

D+60

R+60

133 counties, each filled by 1976 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1976

133 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	D	+3.3%	4,807	4,494	9,536
Albemarle County	R	−10.7%	7,310	9,084	16,632
Alexandria city	D	+7.9%	19,858	16,880	37,910
Alleghany County	D	+15.1%	3,455	2,526	6,158
Amelia County	D	+2.3%	1,715	1,634	3,458
Amherst County	R	−3.6%	3,675	3,956	7,776
Appomattox County	R	−6.8%	1,702	1,964	3,863
Arlington County	D	+2.4%	32,536	30,972	64,599
Augusta County	R	−19.2%	5,626	8,452	14,692
Bath County	D	+7.3%	1,029	888	1,932
Bedford County	D	+5.7%	5,888	5,232	11,540
Bland County	R	−4.3%	961	1,047	2,017
Botetourt County	D	+9.0%	4,021	3,343	7,573
Bristol city	D	+6.3%	3,343	2,943	6,361
Brunswick County	D	+12.1%	3,071	2,387	5,668
Buchanan County	D	+18.1%	5,791	3,850	10,728
Buckingham County	D	+18.4%	2,179	1,487	3,758
Buena Vista city	D	+12.0%	993	771	1,853
Campbell County	R	−25.2%	4,354	7,442	12,245
Caroline County	D	+29.5%	3,064	1,648	4,796
Carroll County	R	−9.0%	4,010	4,820	8,968
Charles City County	D	+52.1%	1,455	439	1,951
Charlotte County	D	+6.6%	2,312	2,023	4,394
Charlottesville city	D	+1.2%	6,846	6,673	13,869
Chesapeake city	D	+14.9%	17,651	12,851	32,157
Chesterfield County	R	−32.3%	14,126	27,812	42,436
Clarke County	R	−5.9%	1,276	1,440	2,794
Colonial Heights city	R	−27.1%	2,409	4,291	6,934
Covington city	D	+20.4%	1,820	1,173	3,165
Craig County	D	+33.4%	1,103	546	1,667
Culpeper County	R	−11.5%	2,892	3,659	6,696
Cumberland County	D	+0.7%	1,302	1,284	2,757
Danville city	R	−22.1%	6,425	10,235	17,212
Dickenson County	D	+13.5%	4,583	3,471	8,209
Dinwiddie County	D	+22.6%	3,873	2,413	6,473
Emporia city	R	−7.7%	899	1,055	2,020
Essex County	R	−2.7%	1,306	1,380	2,730
Fairfax city	R	−9.1%	3,464	4,174	7,823
Fairfax County	R	−8.9%	92,037	110,424	205,957
Falls Church city	R	−2.6%	2,202	2,323	4,588
Fauquier County	R	−7.8%	4,002	4,715	9,111
Floyd County	R	−8.7%	1,728	2,071	3,925
Fluvanna County	D	+4.3%	1,415	1,296	2,770
Franklin city	R	−0.5%	1,116	1,127	2,290
Franklin County	D	+28.5%	6,439	3,532	10,199
Frederick County	R	−20.4%	3,389	5,162	8,672
Fredericksburg city	D	+0.4%	2,550	2,527	5,150
Galax city	D	+3.8%	1,218	1,128	2,370
Giles County	D	+15.6%	3,779	2,731	6,739
Gloucester County	D	+2.0%	3,156	3,025	6,404
Goochland County	D	+3.5%	2,259	2,104	4,455
Grayson County	D	+2.0%	3,146	3,021	6,251
Greene County	R	−9.4%	895	1,095	2,130
Greensville County	D	+35.0%	2,413	1,137	3,646
Halifax County	R	−0.7%	5,353	5,434	11,135
Hampton city	D	+11.6%	19,202	15,021	36,048
Hanover County	R	−30.7%	6,069	11,559	17,859
Harrisonburg city	R	−29.4%	1,803	3,376	5,358
Henrico County	R	−34.3%	21,729	45,405	68,981
Henry County	D	+25.4%	9,680	5,612	16,024
Highland County	R	−12.0%	493	629	1,132
Hopewell city	R	−0.9%	3,691	3,764	7,807
Isle of Wight County	D	+20.4%	4,145	2,718	7,009
James City County	R	−2.9%	3,000	3,186	6,454
King and Queen County	D	+16.7%	1,111	778	1,992
King George County	D	+4.4%	1,513	1,383	2,958
King William County	R	−3.0%	1,501	1,597	3,156
Lancaster County	R	−19.6%	1,581	2,381	4,074
Lee County	D	+7.2%	5,415	4,679	10,284
Lexington city	R	−4.0%	945	1,027	2,035
Loudoun County	R	−6.7%	7,995	9,192	17,748
Louisa County	D	+13.7%	2,857	2,151	5,135
Lunenburg County	R	−2.1%	1,739	1,816	3,652
Lynchburg city	R	−26.6%	8,227	14,564	23,804
Madison County	R	−7.6%	1,466	1,710	3,228
Manassas city	R	−9.3%	1,646	1,992	3,737
Manassas Park city	D	+22.3%	709	444	1,189
Martinsville city	D	+5.0%	3,491	3,147	6,935
Mathews County	R	−18.1%	1,309	1,908	3,303
Mecklenburg County	R	−4.0%	4,076	4,423	8,769
Middlesex County	R	−9.7%	1,312	1,608	3,039
Montgomery County	R	−2.7%	7,539	7,971	15,742
Nelson County	D	+22.6%	2,426	1,516	4,027
New Kent County	D	+3.0%	1,338	1,259	2,644
Newport News city	D	+4.8%	23,058	20,914	44,492
Norfolk city	D	+15.9%	39,295	28,099	70,402
Northampton County	D	+8.8%	2,459	2,043	4,735
Northumberland County	R	−8.6%	1,814	2,167	4,126
Norton city	D	+16.4%	811	577	1,430
Nottoway County	D	+1.4%	2,558	2,486	5,222
Orange County	R	−4.7%	2,309	2,549	5,161
Page County	R	−5.2%	3,401	3,780	7,337
Patrick County	D	+7.3%	2,740	2,349	5,377
Petersburg city	D	+21.5%	7,852	5,041	13,082
Pittsylvania County	R	−6.9%	7,929	9,173	17,913
Poquoson city	R	−12.2%	1,140	1,461	2,640
Portsmouth city	D	+27.5%	22,837	12,872	36,246
Powhatan County	R	−13.3%	1,528	2,010	3,636
Prince Edward County	R	−5.3%	2,448	2,734	5,429
Prince George County	D	+7.6%	2,630	2,254	4,960
Prince William County	R	−0.7%	15,215	15,446	31,524
Pulaski County	D	+7.4%	5,546	4,764	10,624
Radford city	D	+9.6%	2,240	1,844	4,122
Rappahannock County	D	+9.6%	1,071	881	1,981
Richmond city	D	+9.0%	44,687	37,176	83,110
Richmond County	R	−23.0%	864	1,391	2,288
Roanoke city	D	+16.6%	20,696	14,738	35,949
Roanoke County	R	−1.7%	13,120	13,587	26,948
Rockbridge County	D	+7.4%	2,525	2,157	4,940
Rockingham County	R	−28.0%	5,349	9,768	15,789
Russell County	D	+16.2%	6,014	4,287	10,667
Salem city	D	+2.4%	4,404	4,196	8,690
Scott County	D	+1.9%	4,496	4,313	9,494
Shenandoah County	R	−29.8%	3,364	6,296	9,830
Smyth County	D	+2.0%	5,246	5,032	10,641
Southampton County	D	+17.5%	3,399	2,366	5,889
Spotsylvania County	D	+13.2%	4,210	3,210	7,560
Stafford County	D	+4.7%	4,900	4,451	9,502
Staunton city	R	−22.0%	2,951	4,681	7,863
Suffolk city	D	+20.4%	9,246	6,066	15,609
Surry County	D	+31.8%	1,829	929	2,833
Sussex County	D	+27.8%	2,497	1,360	4,094
Tazewell County	D	+14.9%	7,565	5,565	13,439
Virginia Beach city	R	−13.8%	25,824	34,593	63,518
Warren County	D	+3.6%	3,221	2,985	6,517
Washington County	R	−2.3%	6,547	6,865	14,015
Waynesboro city	R	−22.3%	2,209	3,528	5,915
Westmoreland County	D	+9.8%	2,355	1,909	4,568
Williamsburg city	R	−5.8%	1,468	1,654	3,195
Winchester city	R	−26.7%	2,346	4,075	6,484
Wise County	D	+10.8%	7,134	5,691	13,351
Wythe County	R	−7.9%	3,578	4,231	8,241
York County	R	−8.3%	4,736	5,603	10,451