VIRGINIA | 13
Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Virginia State Board of Elections)
Largest counties: Fairfax, Virginia Beach city, Prince William, Loudon, Chesterfield, Henrico. Largest cities: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Arlington CDP, Richmond. Government
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Commonwealth
of Virginia Department of Elections Constitution
Party of VA Richmond
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 6,061,032. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 65.7%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 17, 2016 *extended to Oct. 21 by court order following crash of Virginia's online voter registration system (+). In-Person Absentee Voting: starts Sept. 23, 2016 ...criteria > |
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Overview: Virginia was a
battleground state, but Hillary Clinton's selection of Sen. Tim Kaine
as her running mate seemed to tip the balance in favor of the
Democratic ticket. In June the Clinton campaign had started
out with Virginia as one of eight states where it was running TV
advertising, but it stopped running ads there in July. On Oct. 10
Trump state chairman Corey Stewart was fired. The Trump campaign
nonetheless continued its efforts in Virginia, including running TV
ads (+)
and visits by the candidates and surrogates. The Clinton-Kaine ticket won with plurality of 212,030 votes (5.32 percentage points). Clinton carried 40 counties and independent cities to 93 for Trump. Trump won CDs 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 while Clinton carried CDs 3, 4, 8, 10 and 11. General Election Visits Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
[State Primary: June 14, 2016] |
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Registration as of March 1, 2016: 5,270,750. + |
Democrats
109 Delegates: 62 District, 21 At-Large, 12 PLEO, 14 Unpledged. details |
Republicans
49 Delegates: 3 RNC; 13 At-Large; 33 by CD (3 x 11). details |
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1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
Bush 44.96% |
Dole 47.10% |
Bush 52.47% |
Bush 53.68% |
Obama 52.62% |
Obama 51.15% |
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Voting Eligible
Population*:
5,555,415. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.0%. Voter Registration Deadline: October 15, 2012 In-Person Absentee Voting: September 21-November 3, 2012 In person: 3,423,717 In person curbside: 15,071 Absentee: 447,907 Provisional: 10,151 Total: 3,896,846 |
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2012
Overview Virginia was a top-tier battleground state. Although Republicans saw encouraging signs in the outcomes of the 2009 and 2010 elections, the Obama-Biden ticket won the Commonwealth with a plurality of 149,298 votes (3.87 percentage points), carrying 35 counties and independent cities (18 and 27) to 89 (77 and 12) for Romney-Ryan. Looking at the results by CD, Romney won in CDs 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, while Obama carried 2, 3, 8 and 11. General Election Details Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 5,500,265. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.7%. Last day for voter registration: Oct. 6, 2008. Voter registration: 4,912,971 (active). 506,672 absentee ballots cast (13.5% of total vote) |
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2008
Overview Virginia was a full-fledged battleground state. The Obama-Biden ticket won with a plurality of 234,527 votes (6.29 percentage points), making Obama the first Democratic presidential candidate to prevail in the Commonwealth since 1964 (when LBJ won all but six states). Obama carried 6 congressional districts to 5 for McCain. General Election Details Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 5,277,156. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 60.6%. Voting in person: 3,001,097 Voting absentee: 222,059 (6.9%) Total voters: 3,223,156 Voter registration: 4,517,980. |
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2004
Overview Democrats put some resources into Virginia but saw no improvement in the outcome as Bush-Cheney amassed a plurality of 262,217 votes (8.20 percentage points). In terms of localities Bush won 102 (82 counties and 20 cities) and Kerry won 32 (13 counties and 19 cities). Bush prevailed in nine congressional districts, while Kerry won only the 3rd and 8th CDs. General Election Details |
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 5,069,265. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 54.0%. 2,789,808 total votes were cast for president -- 2,739,447 were counted. 50,361 (1.8%) were under or overvotes. Voter registration: 3,770,273 active. |
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2000
Overview A Democrat has not won Virginia in the presidential race since LBJ carried the state in 1964. That held true in 2000 as Bush-Cheney bested Gore-Lieberman with a plurality of 220,200 votes (8.03 percentage points). Bush won in eight of the state's congressional districts, while Gore won in three (3rd, 8th and 11th). |
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Notes:
For an individual
other than the nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties to
appear
on the general election ballot as a candidate for president he or she
must
have submitted signatures of not less than 10,000 qualified voters in
Virginia,
including at least 400 qualified voters from each of Virginia's 11
congressional
districts, to the State Board of Elections no later than noon August
25,
2000. |
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