Virginia 1948 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Virginia 1948 presidential election with 200,786 votes (47.9%), a margin of D+6.8. Virginia's 13 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

47.9%

41.0%

200,786

Democratic Candidate (47.9%)

172,070

Republican Candidate (41.0%)

Total Votes: 419,256|Margin: D+6.8

County Results

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County Results (120 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Appomattox County	D+56.7	R+25.0	R+38.3	1,666	R+3.9%
Southampton County	D+53.5	D+5.3	R+17.0	2,100	R+15.9%
Mecklenburg County	D+52.5	R+11.9	R+32.4	3,053	R+18.7%
Lunenburg County	D+50.9	R+2.1	R+21.2	1,718	R+22.4%
Nelson County	D+47.8	D+12.1	R+15.6	1,741	R+5.1%
Dinwiddie County	D+46.7	D+1.5	R+13.1	1,500	R+12.7%
Surry County	D+42.1	D+28.1	D+12.3	774	R+23.9%
Amherst County	D+41.4	R+18.2	R+34.1	2,466	R+29.1%
Suffolk city	D+41.1	D+11.2	R+6.7	4,843	R+8.6%
Charlotte County	D+40.7	R+4.7	R+24.5	1,667	R+20.3%
Chesapeake city	D+39.8	R+2.0	R+24.2	1,283	R+18.7%
Isle of Wight County	D+39.1	D+5.5	R+21.4	1,591	R+7.4%
Brunswick County	D+38.1	D+19.1	D+1.5	2,202	R+33.2%
Prince George County	D+35.4	R+18.3	R+39.9	1,210	R+9.7%
Pittsylvania County	D+35.0	R+21.5	R+33.4	5,666	R+13.0%
Portsmouth city	D+34.6	D+20.1	D+6.6	7,381	R+32.3%
Goochland County	D+34.3	R+2.7	R+21.8	1,140	R+15.5%
Hopewell city	D+33.9	R+16.8	R+37.3	1,981	R+21.4%
Newport News city	D+33.0	R+0.8	R+21.1	8,404	R+15.4%
Campbell County	D+30.8	R+34.8	R+50.3	2,876	R+20.9%
Sussex County	D+30.3	D+18.3	D+4.8	1,220	R+28.0%
York County	D+29.7	R+18.2	R+42.9	1,376	R+10.7%
Rappahannock County	D+29.6	R+5.2	R+25.7	1,034	D+4.5%
Buckingham County	D+29.5	D+1.8	R+16.3	1,267	R+13.7%
Greensville County	D+28.7	D+14.7	D+1.0	1,427	R+25.9%
Northampton County	D+26.8	D+4.2	R+13.1	1,758	R+21.8%
New Kent County	D+26.7	R+17.6	R+37.8	514	R+8.5%
Nottoway County	D+26.4	R+3.9	R+19.4	1,963	R+24.4%
Wise County	D+25.8	D+7.7	R+3.9	7,845	R+17.3%
Caroline County	D+25.5	D+16.6	D+2.6	1,312	R+19.2%
Cumberland County	D+25.2	R+5.3	R+23.7	813	R+10.6%
Chesterfield County	D+24.8	R+46.3	R+59.8	4,730	R+27.2%
Hampton city	D+24.6	D+4.0	R+16.7	6,023	R+18.0%
Bristol city	D+23.2	R+8.3	R+34.6	2,462	R+19.2%
Henry County	D+23.2	D+3.0	R+28.7	2,537	R+12.6%
Alleghany County	D+22.7	R+5.6	R+17.4	5,255	R+5.2%
Gloucester County	D+22.4	R+14.2	R+42.7	1,274	R+16.5%
King and Queen County	D+22.3	D+8.3	R+9.3	547	R+14.9%
Petersburg city	D+21.7	D+22.1	D+23.2	3,831	R+29.9%
Middlesex County	D+21.2	R+12.4	R+36.2	879	R+32.9%
Halifax County	D+20.7	R+2.3	R+24.4	3,870	R+52.6%
Buchanan County	D+20.5	D+11.4	D+21.3	5,325	D+2.7%
Spotsylvania County	D+19.9	R+13.5	R+34.1	1,510	D+0.7%
Prince William County	D+19.3	R+26.3	R+38.1	2,083	R+8.1%
Accomack County	D+18.7	R+4.7	R+29.6	3,104	R+6.4%
Norfolk city	D+18.3	D+11.3	D+3.4	25,549	R+27.5%
Charles City County	D+18.3	D+49.6	D+38.7	497	R+21.9%
Virginia Beach city	D+18.3	R+29.1	R+49.0	3,715	R+14.4%
Craig County	D+17.5	D+10.0	R+16.1	796	R+9.1%
Essex County	D+16.6	R+10.1	R+23.8	651	R+31.2%
Prince Edward County	D+16.4	R+3.9	R+14.1	1,718	R+26.4%
Powhatan County	D+15.1	R+31.7	R+47.7	663	R+18.2%
Fluvanna County	D+15.0	R+5.7	R+25.3	852	R+17.9%
Dickenson County	D+14.5	D+6.1	D+10.5	5,172	R+8.0%
Danville city	D+13.9	R+26.1	R+34.7	5,448	R+29.4%
Frederick County	D+13.4	R+40.3	R+56.0	2,404	D+0.7%
King William County	D+13.2	R+16.4	R+31.6	971	R+30.7%
Bedford County	D+13.1	R+13.2	R+34.7	3,609	R+27.6%
Buena Vista city	D+11.2	D+4.3	R+29.5	563	R+27.1%
Warren County	D+11.1	R+18.3	R+32.3	2,483	R+4.1%
Hanover County	D+9.5	R+43.6	R+58.9	2,202	R+34.1%
Franklin County	D+8.6	D+6.2	R+21.8	2,813	R+16.1%
Lancaster County	D+8.6	R+26.6	R+36.8	1,174	R+17.4%
Clarke County	D+8.5	R+22.0	R+34.9	1,158	R+24.0%
Martinsville city	D+8.3	R+1.4	R+17.8	2,061	R+32.5%
Albemarle County	D+7.9	R+16.0	R+28.7	2,443	R+20.2%
Culpeper County	D+7.2	R+24.7	R+42.2	1,699	R+8.2%
Fauquier County	D+7.1	R+22.8	R+43.3	2,667	R+24.8%
Orange County	D+7.0	R+15.6	R+32.2	1,852	R+19.6%
Amelia County	D+6.7	R+8.8	R+23.8	1,058	R+23.6%
Patrick County	D+6.1	R+17.2	R+41.9	1,840	R+26.2%
Richmond city	D+5.4	D+15.3	D+12.0	35,301	R+38.7%
Louisa County	D+4.8	D+3.1	R+16.6	1,691	R+14.0%
James City County	D+4.7	R+15.2	R+33.9	445	R+27.9%
Russell County	D+4.6	D+9.1	D+8.1	5,243	R+5.9%
Henrico County	D+4.6	R+39.0	R+49.8	4,970	R+36.8%
Loudoun County	D+3.5	R+26.3	R+36.5	3,245	R+6.1%
Charlottesville city	D+3.2	D+6.6	D+2.6	3,367	R+31.6%
Giles County	D+2.6	D+9.4	R+17.3	3,115	R+14.6%
Lynchburg city	D+1.6	R+30.6	R+35.5	6,747	R+26.8%
Waynesboro city	D+0.3	R+29.6	R+47.5	1,794	—
Fredericksburg city	D+0.3	R+6.6	R+17.8	1,931	R+21.7%
Alexandria city	D+0.2	R+1.8	D+5.3	8,707	R+12.4%
Tazewell County	R+0.4	R+0.1	R+9.1	4,706	R+11.4%
Radford city	R+1.4	D+5.8	R+23.0	1,765	R+17.3%
Stafford County	R+1.5	R+24.0	R+39.7	1,579	R+0.4%
Williamsburg city	R+2.6	R+4.9	R+13.1	849	R+38.8%
Lee County	R+2.7	D+3.6	R+2.7	8,466	R+9.2%
Rockbridge County	R+3.0	R+5.4	R+31.8	2,284	R+28.9%
Mathews County	R+3.1	R+24.3	R+44.0	1,031	R+14.3%
Westmoreland County	R+5.1	R+4.8	R+15.1	1,276	R+25.6%
Bland County	R+5.2	R+11.8	R+35.1	1,628	R+6.4%
Pulaski County	R+8.1	D+0.2	R+30.5	3,452	R+32.7%
Washington County	R+8.1	R+12.9	R+36.8	5,693	R+9.1%
Roanoke city	R+9.1	D+8.5	R+4.7	13,200	R+27.0%
Richmond County	R+9.1	R+28.6	R+38.1	615	R+13.1%
Northumberland County	R+9.3	R+24.2	R+38.0	1,146	R+23.2%
King George County	R+9.4	R+14.0	R+23.6	720	R+10.6%
Augusta County	R+9.7	R+33.9	R+59.0	3,454	R+21.0%
Bath County	R+12.0	D+3.9	R+32.5	938	R+19.1%
Fairfax County	R+12.8	R+26.7	R+26.1	9,489	R+6.7%
Botetourt County	R+12.8	R+8.3	R+29.2	2,631	R+12.9%
Scott County	R+13.5	R+4.6	R+19.3	6,272	R+10.1%
Grayson County	R+14.1	R+9.5	R+31.8	6,568	R+2.4%
Highland County	R+14.3	R+20.7	R+42.6	1,090	R+5.3%
Arlington County	R+14.8	R+6.5	D+3.0	20,111	R+7.1%
Winchester city	R+14.8	R+33.7	R+41.8	2,546	R+10.3%
Roanoke County	R+14.9	R+16.4	R+37.5	7,455	R+18.5%
Staunton city	R+15.3	R+27.3	R+50.3	2,673	R+30.8%
Page County	R+15.4	R+23.7	R+34.4	4,055	D+6.3%
Madison County	R+19.7	R+17.3	R+35.0	1,188	R+6.0%
Greene County	R+22.3	R+27.6	R+48.5	714	R+5.8%
Smyth County	R+23.8	R+5.9	R+35.1	4,822	R+14.6%
Harrisonburg city	R+26.6	R+25.7	R+37.0	2,352	R+26.2%
Montgomery County	R+27.2	R+4.4	R+26.4	3,473	R+19.3%
Rockingham County	R+29.7	R+34.2	R+52.0	5,182	R+2.1%
Wythe County	R+33.0	R+12.3	R+38.3	3,336	R+22.1%
Shenandoah County	R+33.7	R+39.1	R+52.7	5,180	R+5.4%
Carroll County	R+33.7	R+25.6	R+41.2	3,737	R+7.5%
Floyd County	R+47.7	R+18.6	R+36.1	1,745	R+9.2%

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