Virginia 1972 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Virginia 1972 presidential election with 995,827 votes (67.9%), a margin of R+37.7. Virginia's 13 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

30.1%

67.9%

441,980

Democratic Candidate (30.1%)

995,827

Republican Candidate (67.9%)

Total Votes: 1,467,583|Margin: R+37.7

County Results

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County Results (132 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Charles City County	D+37.0	D+49.6	D+38.7	1,735	R+21.0%
Tazewell County	R+3.7	R+0.1	R+9.1	2,117	R+6.4%
Caroline County	R+6.9	D+16.6	D+2.6	3,951	R+29.5%
Warren County	R+12.3	R+18.3	R+32.3	3,855	D+2.5%
Petersburg city	R+12.9	D+22.1	D+23.2	12,053	R+31.2%
Buena Vista city	R+13.3	D+4.3	R+29.5	36,169	D+12.4%
Dickenson County	R+14.3	D+6.1	D+10.5	6,462	R+13.5%
Greensville County	R+14.3	D+14.7	D+1.0	2,869	R+40.8%
Buchanan County	R+14.4	D+11.4	D+21.3	8,554	R+27.7%
Richmond city	R+16.4	D+15.3	D+12.0	80,302	R+26.1%
Williamsburg city	R+16.5	R+4.9	R+13.1	3,108	R+9.8%
Cumberland County	R+16.9	R+5.3	R+23.7	2,374	R+22.4%
Brunswick County	R+17.8	D+19.1	D+1.5	5,281	R+32.8%
King William County	R+18.3	R+16.4	R+31.6	1,772	R+6.7%
Norfolk city	R+19.1	D+11.3	D+3.4	66,217	R+28.5%
Shenandoah County	R+19.3	R+39.1	R+52.7	8,502	D+24.5%
Colonial Heights city	R+20.2	R+47.0	R+67.7	13,353	D+16.8%
Portsmouth city	R+20.3	D+20.1	D+6.6	34,350	R+37.2%
Arlington County	R+20.4	R+6.5	D+3.0	66,383	R+17.0%
York County	R+20.8	R+18.2	R+42.9	11,242	R+9.9%
King and Queen County	R+20.8	D+8.3	R+9.3	5,998	R+36.0%
Fredericksburg city	R+21.7	R+6.6	R+17.8	4,943	R+19.6%
Suffolk city	R+23.6	D+11.2	R+6.7	13,039	R+37.3%
Goochland County	R+25.0	R+2.7	R+21.8	3,488	R+30.0%
Martinsville city	R+25.1	R+1.4	R+17.8	6,326	R+26.6%
King George County	R+25.4	R+14.0	R+23.6	5,441	R+20.9%
Dinwiddie County	R+26.6	D+1.5	R+13.1	5,305	R+28.5%
Louisa County	R+26.8	D+3.1	R+16.6	7,945	R+21.3%
Norton city	R+27.4	D+13.6	D+2.2	1,313	R+32.2%
Buckingham County	R+27.5	D+1.8	R+16.3	3,352	R+26.1%
Essex County	R+28.5	R+10.1	R+23.8	2,368	R+33.4%
Craig County	R+28.6	D+10.0	R+16.1	1,220	R+15.7%
Isle of Wight County	R+29.2	D+5.5	R+21.4	12,024	R+41.0%
Madison County	R+30.1	R+17.3	R+35.0	4,005	R+1.0%
Hampton city	R+30.3	D+4.0	R+16.7	4,976	R+32.7%
Galax city	R+31.1	R+5.5	R+30.9	2,179	R+9.1%
Manassas city	R+31.4	R+29.2	R+43.1	2,070	—
Roanoke city	R+31.5	D+8.5	R+4.7	28,671	R+11.3%
Giles County	R+31.6	D+9.4	R+17.3	5,706	R+20.8%
Albemarle County	R+32.0	R+16.0	R+28.7	12,951	R+5.3%
Emporia city	R+32.1	R+7.0	R+21.4	2,998	R+25.0%
Surry County	R+33.1	D+28.1	D+12.3	5,442	R+58.6%
Prince William County	R+33.3	R+26.3	R+38.1	4,850	R+20.6%
Amelia County	R+33.5	R+8.8	R+23.8	2,471	R+32.4%
Hopewell city	R+33.6	R+16.8	R+37.3	33,435	R+13.3%
Franklin County	R+33.8	D+6.2	R+21.8	7,110	R+21.6%
Fairfax County	R+33.9	R+26.7	R+26.1	169,246	R+23.1%
Smyth County	R+34.2	R+5.9	R+35.1	7,744	R+6.9%
Nottoway County	R+34.4	R+3.9	R+19.4	3,893	R+32.7%
Wythe County	R+34.5	R+12.3	R+38.3	3,532	R+7.6%
Charlotte County	R+34.9	R+4.7	R+24.5	3,777	R+35.0%
Prince George County	R+35.7	R+18.3	R+39.9	2,636	R+29.7%
Stafford County	R+35.9	R+24.0	R+39.7	4,807	R+22.4%
Northumberland County	R+36.3	R+24.2	R+38.0	2,029	R+26.0%
Alleghany County	R+36.8	R+5.6	R+17.4	5,614	R+22.4%
Newport News city	R+37.1	R+0.8	R+21.1	40,312	R+38.7%
Grayson County	R+37.1	R+9.5	R+31.8	5,283	R+12.3%
Pulaski County	R+37.2	D+0.2	R+30.5	3,552	R+14.1%
Franklin city	R+37.3	D+11.4	R+0.8	7,475	R+30.3%
Northampton County	R+37.3	D+4.2	R+13.1	3,191	R+37.5%
Fluvanna County	R+37.5	R+5.7	R+25.3	2,137	R+21.4%
Roanoke County	R+37.8	R+16.4	R+37.5	1,547	D+2.7%
Washington County	R+38.0	R+12.9	R+36.8	10,667	R+11.7%
Fauquier County	R+38.0	R+22.8	R+43.3	6,873	R+26.6%
Page County	R+38.3	R+23.7	R+34.4	4,367	R+15.6%
Montgomery County	R+38.4	R+4.4	R+26.4	9,309	R+0.3%
Charlottesville city	R+38.7	D+6.6	D+2.6	3,893	R+23.1%
Halifax County	R+38.8	R+2.3	R+24.4	7,959	R+29.2%
Radford city	R+38.8	D+5.8	R+23.0	3,752	R+15.6%
Lee County	R+39.2	D+3.6	R+2.7	2,660	R+35.5%
Nelson County	R+39.7	D+12.1	R+15.6	2,449	R+39.4%
Falls Church city	R+39.8	R+16.4	R+5.6	1,947	R+36.5%
Mathews County	R+39.8	R+24.3	R+44.0	3,564	R+17.6%
Covington city	R+40.0	D+19.9	R+10.5	26,080	R+30.1%
Henrico County	R+40.1	R+39.0	R+49.8	10,564	D+6.7%
Lunenburg County	R+40.4	R+2.1	R+21.2	13,557	R+40.4%
Bath County	R+40.6	D+3.9	R+32.5	1,636	R+20.7%
Westmoreland County	R+41.3	R+4.8	R+15.1	5,357	R+34.2%
Botetourt County	R+41.7	R+8.3	R+29.2	5,481	R+15.9%
Clarke County	R+41.9	R+22.0	R+34.9	2,627	R+28.3%
Lancaster County	R+42.5	R+26.6	R+36.8	2,391	R+28.7%
New Kent County	R+42.7	R+17.6	R+37.8	13,248	R+55.2%
Bland County	R+43.1	R+11.8	R+35.1	1,914	R+22.8%
Chesapeake city	R+43.8	R+2.0	R+24.2	1,409	R+46.3%
Hanover County	R+44.4	R+43.6	R+58.9	2,605	R+13.5%
Orange County	R+44.4	R+15.6	R+32.2	3,258	R+21.3%
Patrick County	R+44.6	R+17.2	R+41.9	3,869	R+24.1%
Loudoun County	R+44.7	R+26.3	R+36.5	3,745	R+31.5%
Accomack County	R+45.3	R+4.7	R+29.6	9,026	R+37.0%
Richmond County	R+45.5	R+28.6	R+38.1	8,722	R+20.3%
Pittsylvania County	R+45.8	R+21.5	R+33.4	5,980	R+47.5%
Prince Edward County	R+45.9	R+3.9	R+14.1	16,737	R+39.7%
Sussex County	R+46.0	D+18.3	D+4.8	7,214	R+57.5%
Rappahannock County	R+46.2	R+5.2	R+25.7	27,884	R+31.5%
Gloucester County	R+46.4	R+14.2	R+42.7	5,064	R+37.0%
Spotsylvania County	R+46.6	R+13.5	R+34.1	8,868	R+46.0%
Culpeper County	R+47.0	R+24.7	R+42.2	5,092	R+25.9%
Harrisonburg city	R+47.2	R+25.7	R+37.0	2,061	R+5.3%
Wise County	R+47.7	D+7.7	R+3.9	12,111	R+55.1%
Middlesex County	R+48.0	R+12.4	R+36.2	2,987	R+36.5%
Mecklenburg County	R+48.2	R+11.9	R+32.4	2,539	R+47.4%
Fairfax city	R+49.2	R+23.3	R+31.1	16,916	R+35.8%
Powhatan County	R+49.9	R+31.7	R+47.7	4,023	R+60.5%
Bedford County	R+50.3	R+13.2	R+34.7	9,262	R+33.6%
Manassas Park city	R+50.6	R+22.5	R+44.3	17,890	—
Russell County	R+50.7	D+9.1	D+8.1	4,051	R+47.3%
Alexandria city	R+50.7	R+1.8	D+5.3	6,156	R+54.1%
Amherst County	R+51.2	R+18.2	R+34.1	6,639	R+34.5%
Salem city	R+51.7	R+8.2	R+31.3	7,553	R+13.9%
Carroll County	R+52.4	R+25.6	R+41.2	6,989	R+11.4%
Winchester city	R+52.5	R+33.7	R+41.8	6,151	R+24.9%
Bristol city	R+52.6	R+8.3	R+34.6	10,341	R+43.5%
Frederick County	R+52.7	R+40.3	R+56.0	7,139	R+24.8%
Floyd County	R+54.1	R+18.6	R+36.1	3,211	R+10.0%
Lynchburg city	R+54.3	R+30.6	R+35.5	6,891	R+23.5%
Virginia Beach city	R+55.7	R+29.1	R+49.0	49,733	R+39.2%
Rockbridge County	R+56.0	R+5.4	R+31.8	2,018	R+20.2%
Lexington city	R+56.1	D+0.3	R+11.6	4,693	R+35.2%
Rockingham County	R+56.6	R+34.2	R+52.0	25,778	R+8.3%
James City County	R+57.0	R+15.2	R+33.9	997	R+58.9%
Greene County	R+57.6	R+27.6	R+48.5	1,544	R+18.8%
Waynesboro city	R+57.9	R+29.6	R+47.5	5,354	R+23.4%
Staunton city	R+58.2	R+27.3	R+50.3	7,068	R+20.8%
Appomattox County	R+59.0	R+25.0	R+38.3	3,565	R+34.3%
Henry County	R+65.1	D+3.0	R+28.7	13,663	R+66.6%
Scott County	R+65.2	R+4.6	R+19.3	12,275	R+43.1%
Augusta County	R+65.6	R+33.9	R+59.0	11,181	R+26.3%
Southampton County	R+66.0	D+5.3	R+17.0	8,644	R+74.1%
Campbell County	R+68.0	R+34.8	R+50.3	14,157	R+38.8%
Highland County	R+71.3	R+20.7	R+42.6	61,904	R+39.9%
Chesterfield County	R+72.2	R+46.3	R+59.8	29,253	R+30.7%
Danville city	R+79.0	R+26.1	R+34.7	6,028	R+65.4%

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