Virginia 1976 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford won the Virginia 1976 presidential election with 836,554 votes (49.3%), a margin of R+1.3. Virginia's 13 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

48.0%

49.3%

813,896

Jimmy Carter (48.0%)

836,554

Gerald Ford (49.3%)

Total Votes: 1,697,094|Margin: R+1.3

County Results

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County Results (133 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Charles City County	D+52.1	D+49.6	D+38.7	1,951	D+15.1%
Greensville County	D+35.0	D+14.7	D+1.0	3,646	D+49.3%
Craig County	D+33.4	D+10.0	R+16.1	1,667	D+62.0%
Surry County	D+31.8	D+28.1	D+12.3	2,833	D+64.9%
Caroline County	D+29.5	D+16.6	D+2.6	4,796	D+36.4%
Franklin County	D+28.5	D+6.2	R+21.8	10,199	D+62.3%
Sussex County	D+27.8	D+18.3	D+4.8	4,094	D+73.8%
Portsmouth city	D+27.5	D+20.1	D+6.6	36,246	D+47.8%
Henry County	D+25.4	D+3.0	R+28.7	16,024	D+90.5%
Nelson County	D+22.6	D+12.1	R+15.6	4,027	D+62.3%
Dinwiddie County	D+22.6	D+1.5	R+13.1	6,473	D+49.2%
Manassas Park city	D+22.3	R+22.5	R+44.3	1,189	D+72.9%
Petersburg city	D+21.5	D+22.1	D+23.2	13,082	D+34.4%
Covington city	D+20.4	D+19.9	R+10.5	3,165	D+60.4%
Suffolk city	D+20.4	D+11.2	R+6.7	15,609	D+44.0%
Isle of Wight County	D+20.4	D+5.5	R+21.4	7,009	D+49.6%
Buckingham County	D+18.4	D+1.8	R+16.3	3,758	D+45.9%
Buchanan County	D+18.1	D+11.4	D+21.3	10,728	D+32.5%
Southampton County	D+17.5	D+5.3	R+17.0	5,889	D+83.6%
King and Queen County	D+16.7	D+8.3	R+9.3	1,992	D+37.6%
Roanoke city	D+16.6	D+8.5	R+4.7	35,949	D+48.1%
Norton city	D+16.4	D+13.6	D+2.2	1,430	D+43.8%
Russell County	D+16.2	D+9.1	D+8.1	10,667	D+66.9%
Norfolk city	D+15.9	D+11.3	D+3.4	70,402	D+35.0%
Giles County	D+15.6	D+9.4	R+17.3	6,739	D+47.1%
Alleghany County	D+15.1	R+5.6	R+17.4	6,158	D+51.9%
Chesapeake city	D+14.9	R+2.0	R+24.2	32,157	D+58.7%
Tazewell County	D+14.9	R+0.1	R+9.1	13,439	D+18.6%
Louisa County	D+13.7	D+3.1	R+16.6	5,135	D+40.6%
Dickenson County	D+13.5	D+6.1	D+10.5	8,209	D+27.8%
Spotsylvania County	D+13.2	R+13.5	R+34.1	7,560	D+59.8%
Brunswick County	D+12.1	D+19.1	D+1.5	5,668	D+29.9%
Buena Vista city	D+12.0	D+4.3	R+29.5	1,853	D+25.3%
Hampton city	D+11.6	D+4.0	R+16.7	36,048	D+41.9%
Wise County	D+10.8	D+7.7	R+3.9	13,351	D+58.5%
Westmoreland County	D+9.8	R+4.8	R+15.1	4,568	D+51.0%
Radford city	D+9.6	D+5.8	R+23.0	4,122	D+48.4%
Rappahannock County	D+9.6	R+5.2	R+25.7	1,981	D+55.8%
Richmond city	D+9.0	D+15.3	D+12.0	83,110	D+25.5%
Botetourt County	D+9.0	R+8.3	R+29.2	7,573	D+50.7%
Northampton County	D+8.8	D+4.2	R+13.1	4,735	D+46.1%
Alexandria city	D+7.9	R+1.8	D+5.3	37,910	D+58.6%
Prince George County	D+7.6	R+18.3	R+39.9	4,960	D+43.3%
Rockbridge County	D+7.4	R+5.4	R+31.8	4,940	D+63.4%
Pulaski County	D+7.4	D+0.2	R+30.5	10,624	D+44.6%
Bath County	D+7.3	D+3.9	R+32.5	1,932	D+47.9%
Patrick County	D+7.3	R+17.2	R+41.9	5,377	D+51.9%
Lee County	D+7.2	D+3.6	R+2.7	10,284	D+46.3%
Charlotte County	D+6.6	R+4.7	R+24.5	4,394	D+41.5%
Bristol city	D+6.3	R+8.3	R+34.6	6,361	D+58.9%
Bedford County	D+5.7	R+13.2	R+34.7	11,540	D+56.0%
Martinsville city	D+5.0	R+1.4	R+17.8	6,935	D+30.0%
Newport News city	D+4.8	R+0.8	R+21.1	44,492	D+41.9%
Stafford County	D+4.7	R+24.0	R+39.7	9,502	D+40.7%
King George County	D+4.4	R+14.0	R+23.6	2,958	D+29.8%
Fluvanna County	D+4.3	R+5.7	R+25.3	2,770	D+41.8%
Galax city	D+3.8	R+5.5	R+30.9	2,370	D+34.9%
Warren County	D+3.6	R+18.3	R+32.3	6,517	D+15.9%
Goochland County	D+3.5	R+2.7	R+21.8	4,455	D+28.5%
Accomack County	D+3.3	R+4.7	R+29.6	9,536	D+48.6%
New Kent County	D+3.0	R+17.6	R+37.8	2,644	D+45.7%
Arlington County	D+2.4	R+6.5	D+3.0	64,599	D+22.8%
Salem city	D+2.4	R+8.2	R+31.3	8,690	D+54.1%
Amelia County	D+2.3	R+8.8	R+23.8	3,458	D+35.9%
Gloucester County	D+2.0	R+14.2	R+42.7	6,404	D+48.5%
Smyth County	D+2.0	R+5.9	R+35.1	10,641	D+36.2%
Grayson County	D+2.0	R+9.5	R+31.8	6,251	D+39.1%
Scott County	D+1.9	R+4.6	R+19.3	9,494	D+67.1%
Nottoway County	D+1.4	R+3.9	R+19.4	5,222	D+35.8%
Charlottesville city	D+1.2	D+6.6	D+2.6	13,869	D+40.0%
Cumberland County	D+0.7	R+5.3	R+23.7	2,757	D+17.6%
Fredericksburg city	D+0.4	R+6.6	R+17.8	5,150	D+22.1%
Franklin city	R+0.5	D+11.4	R+0.8	2,290	D+36.8%
Halifax County	R+0.7	R+2.3	R+24.4	11,135	D+38.0%
Prince William County	R+0.7	R+26.3	R+38.1	31,524	D+32.5%
Hopewell city	R+0.9	R+16.8	R+37.3	7,807	D+32.7%
Roanoke County	R+1.7	R+16.4	R+37.5	26,948	D+36.0%
Lunenburg County	R+2.1	R+2.1	R+21.2	3,652	D+38.3%
Washington County	R+2.3	R+12.9	R+36.8	14,015	D+35.7%
Falls Church city	R+2.6	R+16.4	R+5.6	4,588	D+37.2%
Essex County	R+2.7	R+10.1	R+23.8	2,730	D+25.8%
Montgomery County	R+2.7	R+4.4	R+26.4	15,742	D+35.7%
James City County	R+2.9	R+15.2	R+33.9	6,454	D+54.1%
King William County	R+3.0	R+16.4	R+31.6	3,156	D+15.3%
Amherst County	R+3.6	R+18.2	R+34.1	7,776	D+47.6%
Mecklenburg County	R+4.0	R+11.9	R+32.4	8,769	D+44.3%
Lexington city	R+4.0	D+0.3	R+11.6	2,035	D+52.1%
Bland County	R+4.3	R+11.8	R+35.1	2,017	D+38.8%
Orange County	R+4.7	R+15.6	R+32.2	5,161	D+39.8%
Page County	R+5.2	R+23.7	R+34.4	7,337	D+33.1%
Prince Edward County	R+5.3	R+3.9	R+14.1	5,429	D+40.6%
Williamsburg city	R+5.8	R+4.9	R+13.1	3,195	D+10.7%
Clarke County	R+5.9	R+22.0	R+34.9	2,794	D+36.0%
Loudoun County	R+6.7	R+26.3	R+36.5	17,748	D+38.0%
Appomattox County	R+6.8	R+25.0	R+38.3	3,863	D+52.2%
Pittsylvania County	R+6.9	R+21.5	R+33.4	17,913	D+38.9%
Madison County	R+7.6	R+17.3	R+35.0	3,228	D+22.6%
Emporia city	R+7.7	R+7.0	R+21.4	2,020	D+24.4%
Fauquier County	R+7.8	R+22.8	R+43.3	9,111	D+30.2%
Wythe County	R+7.9	R+12.3	R+38.3	8,241	D+26.6%
York County	R+8.3	R+18.2	R+42.9	10,451	D+12.5%
Northumberland County	R+8.6	R+24.2	R+38.0	4,126	D+27.8%
Floyd County	R+8.7	R+18.6	R+36.1	3,925	D+45.3%
Fairfax County	R+8.9	R+26.7	R+26.1	205,957	D+24.9%
Carroll County	R+9.0	R+25.6	R+41.2	8,968	D+43.4%
Fairfax city	R+9.1	R+23.3	R+31.1	7,823	D+40.1%
Manassas city	R+9.3	R+29.2	R+43.1	3,737	D+22.1%
Greene County	R+9.4	R+27.6	R+48.5	2,130	D+48.3%
Middlesex County	R+9.7	R+12.4	R+36.2	3,039	D+38.3%
Albemarle County	R+10.7	R+16.0	R+28.7	16,632	D+21.3%
Culpeper County	R+11.5	R+24.7	R+42.2	6,696	D+35.5%
Highland County	R+12.0	R+20.7	R+42.6	1,132	D+59.3%
Poquoson city	R+12.2	R+43.0	R+69.8	2,640	—
Powhatan County	R+13.3	R+31.7	R+47.7	3,636	D+36.7%
Virginia Beach city	R+13.8	R+29.1	R+49.0	63,518	D+41.9%
Mathews County	R+18.1	R+24.3	R+44.0	3,303	D+21.7%
Augusta County	R+19.2	R+33.9	R+59.0	14,692	D+46.4%
Lancaster County	R+19.6	R+26.6	R+36.8	4,074	D+22.9%
Frederick County	R+20.4	R+40.3	R+56.0	8,672	D+32.3%
Staunton city	R+22.0	R+27.3	R+50.3	7,863	D+36.2%
Danville city	R+22.1	R+26.1	R+34.7	17,212	D+56.9%
Waynesboro city	R+22.3	R+29.6	R+47.5	5,915	D+35.6%
Richmond County	R+23.0	R+28.6	R+38.1	2,288	D+22.5%
Campbell County	R+25.2	R+34.8	R+50.3	12,245	D+42.7%
Lynchburg city	R+26.6	R+30.6	R+35.5	23,804	D+27.7%
Winchester city	R+26.7	R+33.7	R+41.8	6,484	D+25.8%
Colonial Heights city	R+27.1	R+47.0	R+67.7	6,934	R+7.0%
Rockingham County	R+28.0	R+34.2	R+52.0	15,789	D+28.7%
Harrisonburg city	R+29.4	R+25.7	R+37.0	5,358	D+17.9%
Shenandoah County	R+29.8	R+39.1	R+52.7	9,830	R+10.5%
Hanover County	R+30.7	R+43.6	R+58.9	17,859	D+13.6%
Chesterfield County	R+32.3	R+46.3	R+59.8	42,436	D+39.9%
Henrico County	R+34.3	R+39.0	R+49.8	68,981	D+5.8%

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