Virginia 1981 Governor Election

Name: Virginia 1981 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Charles S. Robb vs. J. Marshall Coleman

Charles S. Robb won the Virginia 1981 governor election with 757,374 votes (53.5%), a margin of D+7.1.

Statewide Results

53.5%

46.4%

757,374

Charles S. Robb (53.5%)

656,868

J. Marshall Coleman (46.4%)

Total Votes: 1,415,082|Margin: D+7.1

County Results

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County Results (133 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
CHARLES CITY	D+60.1	D+49.6	D+38.7	1,763	D+14.1%
SURRY	D+42.9	D+28.1	D+12.3	2,418	D+23.9%
PORTSMOUTH CITY	D+40.1	D+20.1	D+6.6	28,156	D+16.2%
BUCKINGHAM	D+38.6	D+1.8	R+16.3	3,487	D+41.5%
NORFOLK CITY	D+35.6	D+11.3	D+3.4	51,336	D+14.3%
COVINGTON CITY	D+35.5	D+19.9	R+10.5	2,895	D+25.8%
SUSSEX	D+33.2	D+18.3	D+4.8	3,511	D+25.6%
PETERSBURG CITY	D+31.8	D+22.1	D+23.2	11,074	D+18.7%
NORTON CITY	D+31.8	D+13.6	D+2.2	1,055	D+20.7%
BUCHANAN	D+30.6	D+11.4	D+21.3	7,615	D+15.1%
RICHMOND CITY	D+29.1	D+15.3	D+12.0	70,375	D+30.7%
SUFFOLK CITY	D+28.2	D+11.2	R+6.7	13,126	D+20.7%
WISE	D+28.2	D+7.7	R+3.9	10,079	D+16.8%
CAROLINE	D+27.8	D+16.6	D+2.6	4,089	D+12.1%
CRAIG	D+26.1	D+10.0	R+16.1	1,493	D+10.9%
ALLEGHANY	D+25.4	R+5.6	R+17.4	4,061	D+20.5%
FRANKLIN	D+24.8	D+6.2	R+21.8	9,350	D+21.7%
KING AND QUEEN	D+24.6	D+8.3	R+9.3	1,764	D+18.2%
BUENA VISTA CITY	D+24.3	D+4.3	R+29.5	1,598	D+19.7%
ROANOKE CITY	D+22.7	D+8.5	R+4.7	26,821	D+28.6%
HAMPTON CITY	D+22.4	D+4.0	R+16.7	28,617	D+13.8%
CHESAPEAKE CITY	D+22.0	R+2.0	R+24.2	26,785	D+10.9%
DICKENSON	D+21.6	D+6.1	D+10.5	6,545	D+7.4%
RUSSELL	D+21.3	D+9.1	D+8.1	7,838	D+8.9%
BRUNSWICK	D+20.7	D+19.1	D+1.5	4,409	D+28.2%
ALEXANDRIA CITY	D+20.5	R+1.8	D+5.3	26,393	D+20.0%
APPOMATTOX	D+19.8	R+25.0	R+38.3	3,705	D+48.7%
LEE	D+19.6	D+3.6	R+2.7	7,306	D+16.9%
GILES	D+19.1	D+9.4	R+17.3	5,544	D+19.7%
CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY	D+19.1	D+6.6	D+2.6	10,228	D+19.4%
ISLE OF WIGHT	D+19.0	D+5.5	R+21.4	6,645	D+13.0%
NORTHAMPTON	D+18.6	D+4.2	R+13.1	3,894	D+25.0%
FRANKLIN CITY	D+18.6	D+11.4	R+0.8	2,022	D+25.5%
ARLINGTON	D+18.5	R+6.5	D+3.0	46,404	D+23.7%
GREENSVILLE	D+18.2	D+14.7	D+1.0	3,030	D+3.2%
TAZEWELL	D+18.1	R+0.1	R+9.1	10,146	D+19.3%
NELSON	D+17.3	D+12.1	R+15.6	3,592	D+10.8%
PATRICK	D+17.1	R+17.2	R+41.9	4,862	D+32.6%
SOUTHAMPTON	D+15.7	D+5.3	R+17.0	5,293	D+18.1%
NEWPORT NEWS CITY	D+15.4	R+0.8	R+21.1	35,076	D+15.9%
RAPPAHANNOCK	D+15.2	R+5.2	R+25.7	1,752	D+10.9%
LOUISA	D+14.7	D+3.1	R+16.6	4,773	D+22.4%
RADFORD CITY	D+14.6	D+5.8	R+23.0	3,612	D+38.5%
DINWIDDIE	D+14.1	D+1.5	R+13.1	5,592	D+10.9%
HENRY	D+14.0	D+3.0	R+28.7	13,008	D+20.6%
WESTMORELAND	D+12.3	R+4.8	R+15.1	4,037	D+13.9%
LEXINGTON CITY	D+11.7	D+0.3	R+11.6	1,749	D+26.6%
PRINCE EDWARD	D+11.5	R+3.9	R+14.1	4,903	D+33.1%
LUNENBURG	D+11.4	R+2.1	R+21.2	3,371	D+38.1%
FALLS CHURCH CITY	D+11.2	R+16.4	R+5.6	3,598	D+27.1%
PULASKI	D+10.8	D+0.2	R+30.5	9,306	D+28.7%
FREDERICKSBURG CITY	D+10.4	R+6.6	R+17.8	4,033	D+8.4%
WARREN	D+10.2	R+18.3	R+32.3	5,603	D+14.2%
BATH	D+10.1	D+3.9	R+32.5	1,510	D+16.0%
MARTINSVILLE CITY	D+10.0	R+1.4	R+17.8	5,642	D+32.1%
NOTTOWAY	D+9.4	R+3.9	R+19.4	4,890	D+30.4%
WILLIAMSBURG CITY	D+9.2	R+4.9	R+13.1	2,241	D+31.2%
MONTGOMERY	D+9.0	R+4.4	R+26.4	13,678	D+39.2%
BOTETOURT	D+8.9	R+8.3	R+29.2	6,753	D+21.6%
SPOTSYLVANIA	D+8.4	R+13.5	R+34.1	7,541	R+3.9%
BRISTOL CITY	D+8.1	R+8.3	R+34.6	4,329	D+22.1%
GOOCHLAND	D+7.6	R+2.7	R+21.8	4,196	D+15.3%
MANASSAS PARK CITY	D+5.8	R+22.5	R+44.3	885	R+11.4%
GALAX CITY	D+5.4	R+5.5	R+30.9	1,895	D+26.5%
WYTHE	D+4.9	R+12.3	R+38.3	7,435	D+37.0%
CUMBERLAND	D+4.8	R+5.3	R+23.7	2,503	D+18.9%
BLAND	D+4.7	R+11.8	R+35.1	1,933	D+23.6%
CHARLOTTE	D+4.6	R+4.7	R+24.5	3,641	D+21.1%
ROCKBRIDGE	D+4.4	R+5.4	R+31.8	4,616	D+12.7%
SALEM CITY	D+4.3	R+8.2	R+31.3	7,097	D+27.8%
ACCOMACK	D+4.2	R+4.7	R+29.6	7,902	D+15.2%
MIDDLESEX	D+4.1	R+12.4	R+36.2	2,918	D+22.4%
GLOUCESTER	D+4.0	R+14.2	R+42.7	6,422	D+12.8%
FAIRFAX	D+3.6	R+26.7	R+26.1	165,800	D+22.0%
FLUVANNA	D+3.2	R+5.7	R+25.3	2,407	D+12.1%
PRINCE WILLIAM	D+2.9	R+26.3	R+38.1	26,039	D+9.9%
AMELIA	D+2.8	R+8.8	R+23.8	2,988	D+20.2%
AMHERST	D+2.5	R+18.2	R+34.1	6,926	D+27.3%
SMYTH	D+2.0	R+5.9	R+35.1	9,172	D+13.1%
VIRGINIA BEACH CITY	D+1.7	R+29.1	R+49.0	55,069	D+16.8%
JAMES CITY	D+1.7	R+15.2	R+33.9	6,340	D+14.4%
MATHEWS	D+1.4	R+24.3	R+44.0	3,088	D+27.6%
ORANGE	D+1.3	R+15.6	R+32.2	4,838	D+21.8%
MECKLENBURG	D+1.3	R+11.9	R+32.4	6,745	D+31.8%
BEDFORD	D+1.0	R+13.2	R+34.7	9,503	D+20.9%
GRAYSON	D+0.7	R+9.5	R+31.8	5,194	D+8.9%
KING WILLIAM	D+0.7	R+16.4	R+31.6	2,811	D+18.1%
MADISON	D+0.5	R+17.3	R+35.0	3,105	D+16.4%
FAIRFAX CITY	D+0.5	R+23.3	R+31.1	6,013	D+19.3%
ROANOKE	R+0.0	R+16.4	R+37.5	24,080	D+29.9%
CLARKE	R+0.1	R+22.0	R+34.9	2,522	D+32.2%
NEW KENT	R+0.3	R+17.6	R+37.8	2,462	D+8.4%
YORK	R+0.4	R+18.2	R+42.9	9,265	D+11.5%
WASHINGTON	R+0.6	R+12.9	R+36.8	11,308	D+19.0%
STAUNTON CITY	R+1.6	R+27.3	R+50.3	6,380	D+37.1%
LOUDOUN	R+1.7	R+26.3	R+36.5	14,930	D+15.7%
HALIFAX	R+1.8	R+2.3	R+24.4	8,038	D+15.2%
PRINCE GEORGE	R+1.9	R+18.3	R+39.9	4,692	D+4.2%
KING GEORGE	R+2.2	R+14.0	R+23.6	2,396	R+2.4%
ALBEMARLE	R+2.2	R+16.0	R+28.7	14,254	D+14.1%
SCOTT	R+2.4	R+4.6	R+19.3	6,688	R+5.8%
ESSEX	R+2.5	R+10.1	R+23.8	2,441	D+28.4%
PAGE	R+2.8	R+23.7	R+34.4	5,514	D+13.0%
MANASSAS CITY	R+3.0	R+29.2	R+43.1	3,559	D+22.6%
HOPEWELL CITY	R+4.0	R+16.8	R+37.3	6,727	D+12.6%
EMPORIA CITY	R+4.7	R+7.0	R+21.4	1,643	D+19.5%
WINCHESTER CITY	R+5.0	R+33.7	R+41.8	5,309	D+34.9%
CULPEPER	R+5.3	R+24.7	R+42.2	5,770	D+18.1%
STAFFORD	R+6.0	R+24.0	R+39.7	9,839	R+14.7%
FLOYD	R+6.4	R+18.6	R+36.1	3,491	D+28.2%
HARRISONBURG CITY	R+6.5	R+25.7	R+37.0	4,625	D+31.9%
FAUQUIER	R+6.6	R+22.8	R+43.3	8,334	D+11.7%
RICHMOND	R+7.2	R+28.6	R+38.1	2,181	D+24.3%
HIGHLAND	R+10.4	R+20.7	R+42.6	1,138	D+17.7%
POWHATAN	R+10.6	R+31.7	R+47.7	3,795	D+10.8%
LYNCHBURG CITY	R+11.4	R+30.6	R+35.5	18,682	D+31.6%
NORTHUMBERLAND	R+13.2	R+24.2	R+38.0	3,635	D+13.1%
FREDERICK	R+13.3	R+40.3	R+56.0	8,071	D+13.0%
CARROLL	R+13.8	R+25.6	R+41.2	7,086	D+15.4%
PITTSYLVANIA	R+14.2	R+21.5	R+33.4	15,638	D+12.9%
CAMPBELL	R+14.3	R+34.8	R+50.3	10,855	D+33.3%
HENRICO	R+14.5	R+39.0	R+49.8	63,320	D+34.0%
AUGUSTA	R+15.6	R+33.9	R+59.0	14,172	D+17.8%
GREENE	R+16.6	R+27.6	R+48.5	1,829	D+0.8%
SHENANDOAH	R+18.3	R+39.1	R+52.7	8,831	D+20.3%
LANCASTER	R+18.8	R+26.6	R+36.8	3,631	D+8.1%
HANOVER	R+20.1	R+43.6	R+58.9	16,614	D+21.0%
ROCKINGHAM	R+20.5	R+34.2	R+52.0	14,552	D+16.6%
DANVILLE CITY	R+22.2	R+26.1	R+34.7	15,723	D+13.6%
POQUOSON CITY	R+22.6	R+43.0	R+69.8	2,697	D+1.5%
CHESTERFIELD	R+23.8	R+46.3	R+59.8	43,679	D+23.3%
WAYNESBORO CITY	R+24.2	R+29.6	R+47.5	4,950	D+11.9%
COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY	R+27.4	R+47.0	R+67.7	5,934	D+15.5%

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