How Virginia has voted since 1960

Virginia has 13 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 6 times and Republican 11 times. It has backed the national winner in 11 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 5.8 points, 7.3 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 71.5% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 8th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 2008. Its closest result was in 1976, when Gerald Ford won it by 1.3 points.

  1. 1960Nixon+5.5
  2. 1964Johnson+7.4
  3. 1968Nixon+10.9
  4. 1972Nixon+37.7
  5. 1976Ford+1.3
  6. 1980Reagan+12.7
  7. 1984Reagan+25.2
  8. 1988Bush+20.5
  9. 1992Bush+4.4
  10. 1996Dole+2.0
  11. 2000Bush+8.0
  12. 2004Bush+8.2
  13. 2008Obama+6.3
  14. 2012Obama+3.9
  15. 2016Clinton+5.3
  16. 2020Biden+10.1
  17. 2024Harris+5.8

Each box is one election: the winner in Virginia and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

7 p.m. ET

Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.

Also closing at 7 p.m. ET: FL, GA, SC, VT.

Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 6 Democrats, 5 Republicans

All 11 members
  1. 1 Robert J. Wittman (R)
  2. 2 Jennifer A. Kiggans (R)
  3. 3 Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D)
  4. 4 Jennifer L. McClellan (D)
  5. 5 John J. McGuire (R)
  6. 6 Ben Cline (R)
  7. 7 Eugene Simon Vindman (D)
  8. 8 Donald S. Beyer (D)
  9. 9 H. Morgan Griffith (R)
  10. 10 Suhas Subramanyam (D)
  11. 11 James R. Walkinshaw (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Virginia margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Virginia in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+40R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+30D+401960: R+5.5 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+7.4 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+10.9 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+37.7 (nation R+23.2)'721976: R+1.3 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+12.7 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+25.2 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+20.5 (nation R+7.7)'881992: R+4.4 (nation D+5.6)'921996: R+2.0 (nation D+8.5)'962000: R+8.0 (nation D+0.5)'002004: R+8.2 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+6.3 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+3.9 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+5.3 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+10.1 (nation D+4.5)'202024: D+5.8 (nation R+1.5)'24

Virginia margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 90 of Virginia's 133 counties and independent cities in 2024; Kamala Harris won 43.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Fairfax County584,387D+35.0→D 21.1
Loudoun County228,208D+16.3→D 7.9
Virginia Beach city227,770D+2.7→D 0.8
Prince William County227,591D+18.0→D 9.0
Chesterfield County209,730D+9.0→D 6.8
Henrico County180,642D+28.9→D 19.2
Arlington County128,362D+58.6→D 37.4
Chesapeake city127,493D+3.8→D 1.7
Richmond city108,143D+66.3→D 43.6
Norfolk city85,643D+41.5→D 26.3

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Lee County (49.0), Buchanan County (48.1), Scott County (47.8); toward the Democrat, Petersburg city (47.3), Charlottesville city (44.5), Richmond city (43.6) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Kamala HarrisHarris lostHarris 51.8%2,335,395Trump 46.1%2,075,0852.1%D+5.8R+1.571.5%13
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 54.1%2,413,568Trump 44.0%1,962,4301.9%D+10.1D+4.571.8%13
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 49.8%1,981,473Trump 44.4%1,769,4435.8%D+5.3D+2.166.3%13
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 51.2%1,971,820Romney 47.3%1,822,5221.6%D+3.9D+3.966.7%13
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 52.6%1,959,532McCain 46.3%1,725,0051.0%D+6.3D+7.367.5%13
2004 George W. BushBushKerry 45.5%1,454,742Bush 53.7%1,716,9590.7%R+8.2R+2.561.0%13
2000 George W. BushBushGore 44.4%1,217,290Bush 52.5%1,437,4903.1%R+8.0D+0.555.4%13
1996 Bob DoleDole lostClinton 45.2%1,091,060Dole 47.1%1,138,350Perot 6.6%R+2.0D+8.551.3%13
1992 George H.W. BushBush lostClinton 40.6%1,038,650Bush 45.0%1,150,517Perot 13.6%R+4.4D+5.655.3%13
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 39.2%859,799Bush 59.7%1,309,1621.0%R+20.5R+7.749.9%12
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 37.1%796,250Reagan 62.3%1,337,0780.6%R+25.2R+18.252.4%12
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 40.3%752,174Reagan 53.0%989,609Anderson 5.1%R+12.7R+9.748.7%12
1976 Gerald FordFord lostCarter 48.0%813,896Ford 49.3%836,5542.8%R+1.3D+2.1—12
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 30.1%Nixon 67.8%2.0%R+37.7R+23.2—12*
1968 Richard NixonNixonHumphrey 32.5%Nixon 43.4%Wallace 23.6%R+10.9R+0.7—12
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 53.5%Goldwater 46.2%0.3%D+7.4D+22.6—12
1960 Richard NixonNixon lostKennedy 47.0%Nixon 52.4%0.6%R+5.5D+0.2—12

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

  • 1972: One Republican elector, Roger MacBride, voted for Libertarian John Hospers instead of Nixon.

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 1219601950 census
  • 121964–19681960 census
  • 121972–19801970 census
  • 121984–19881980 census
  • 131992–20001990 census
  • 132004–20082000 census
  • 132012–20202010 census
  • 132024–20282020 census
  • 132032–2040projected

Projected: Virginia's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 13. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Virginia cast electoral votes in 41 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1789. It backed the eventual president in 27 of them. It cast no electoral votes in 1864 and 1868. Until 1863 Virginia included what is now West Virginia.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican12+18.1✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican12+13.0✓
1948Harry S. Truman Democratic11+6.9✓
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic11+25.0✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic11+36.7✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic11+41.0✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic11+38.9✓
1928Herbert Hoover Republican12+8.0✓
1924John W. Davis Democratic12+29.7–
1920James M. Cox Democratic12+23.7–
1916Woodrow Wilson Democratic12+35.1✓
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic12+49.2✓
1908William Jennings Bryan Democratic12+22.4–
1904Alton B. Parker Democratic12+25.2–
1900William Jennings Bryan Democratic12+11.6–
1896William Jennings Bryan Democratic-Populist12+6.7–
1892Grover Cleveland Democratic12+17.6✓
1888Grover Cleveland Democratic12+0.5–
1884Grover Cleveland Democratic12+2.2✓
1880Winfield S. Hancock Democratic11+21.2–
1876Samuel J. Tilden Democratic11+19.2–
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican11+1.0✓
1860John Bell Constitutional Union15+0.1–
1856James Buchanan Democratic15+19.9✓
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic15+11.4✓
1848Lewis Cass Democratic17+1.6–
1844James K. Polk Democratic17+6.1✓
1840Martin Van Buren Democratic23+1.3–
1836Martin Van Buren Democratic23+13.3✓
1832Andrew Jackson Democratic23+49.9✓
1828Andrew Jackson Democratic24+38.0✓
1824William H. Crawford Democratic-Republican24+33.4–
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican25—✓
1816James Monroe Democratic-Republican25—✓
1812James Madison Democratic-Republican25—✓
1808James Madison Democratic-Republican24—✓
1804Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican24—✓
1800Thomas Jefferson Democratic-RepublicanVotes (two per elector): Jefferson 21, Burr 2121—✓
1796Thomas Jefferson Democratic-RepublicanVotes (two per elector): Jefferson 20, Adams 15, Clinton 3, Adams 1, Pinckney 1, Burr 1, Washington 121—–
1792George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 21, Clinton 2121—✓
1789George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 10, Adams 5, Clinton 3, Jay 1, Hancock 110—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.