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1976 United States presidential election in Virginia
← 1972 November 2, 1976 1980 →
 
Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Michigan Georgia
Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 836,554 813,896
Percentage 49.29% 47.96%
County and Independent City Results
President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

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The 1976 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Virginia had voted Republican at all but one of the previous six presidential elections, largely due to its large white Washington and Richmond suburbs that received large-scale in-migration from the Northeast,[1] alongside the Shenandoah Valley,[2] being amongst the first traditionally Democratic areas of the former Confederacy to turn Republican at both the presidential level and in federal congressional elections.[3] After the collapse of the Byrd Organization and the expansion of the state's formerly small electorate via the Voting Rights Act, these trends intensified except in the heavily unionised coalfields of Southwest Virginia, where unlike elsewhere in the Confederacy, many newly registered poor whites voted Democratic. The statewide Democratic party was severely divided into conservative, moderate and liberal factions,[4] so that in addition to voting Republican in five of six presidential elections, Virginia's Congressional delegation would gain a Republican majority as early as the 91st Congress, although it was 1970 before significant GOP gains occurred in the state legislature.

It was generally acknowledged that President Nixon offered no support to down-ballot Republican candidates,[5] but the division in the state Democrats was so bad that they did not nominate a candidate for governor in 1973 — with most of the party supporting populist Henry Howell.[6] However, the Democrats did regain a dozen seats in the state legislature in 1975.

Carter did do relatively well in many rural sections of Virginia – for instance he is the solitary Democratic presidential nominee to top forty percent in traditionally arch-Republican Floyd County since Grover Cleveland in 1892. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion a Democratic presidential nominee has carried Amelia County, Bedford County, Botetourt County, Charlotte County, Cumberland County, Fluvanna County, Gloucester County, Goochland County, Grayson County, Halifax County, King George County, New Kent County, Nottoway County, Patrick County, Prince George County, Rappahannock County, Rockbridge County, Scott County, Spotsylvania County, Warren County, Bristol City and Salem City, while Stafford County would not vote for the Democratic nominee again until 2020.[7]

Campaign

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During the fall campaign, Virginia was the scene of debates between Carter and Ford in the third week of October. They would have their final debate of the whole campaign at the College of William and Mary.[8] The debate was moderated by Barbara Walters from ABC News and was sponsored by the League of Women Voters.[9]

56% of white voters supported Ford while 40% supported Carter.[10][11] Virginia was the only southern state to support Ford.[12]

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Simpson's Leader-Times[13] Tossup October 16, 1976
The Sentinel[8] Tossup October 18, 1976
Daily Press[14] Lean R October 24, 1976
Kansas City Times[15] Lean R October 24, 1976
Daily News[16] Likely R October 27, 1976
Austin American-Statesman[17] Tossup October 31, 1976
New York Times[18] Lean R November 1, 1976

Results

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1976 United States presidential election in Virginia[19]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Gerald Ford (inc.) 836,554 49.29% 12
Democratic Jimmy Carter 813,896 47.96% 0
Socialist Workers Peter Camejo 17,802 1.05% 0
American Thomas J. Anderson 16,686 0.98% 0
U.S. Labor Lyndon LaRouche 7,508 0.44% 0
Libertarian Roger MacBride 4,648 0.27% 0
Totals 1,697,094 100.00% 12

Results by county or independent city

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County/City[20] Gerald Ford
Republican 		Jimmy Carter
Democratic 		Peter Camejo
Socialist Workers 		Thomas Anderson
American 		Lyndon LaRouche
U.S. Labor 		Roger MacBride
Libertarian 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Accomack 4,494 47.13% 4,807 50.41% 87 0.91% 90 0.94% 40 0.42% 18 0.19% -313 -3.28% 9,536
Albemarle 9,084 54.62% 7,310 43.95% 22 0.13% 58 0.35% 49 0.29% 109 0.66% 1,774 10.67% 16,632
Alexandria 16,880 44.53% 19,858 52.38% 568 1.50% 371 0.98% 109 0.29% 124 0.33% -2,978 -7.85% 37,910
Alleghany 1,756 41.17% 2,462 57.73% 14 0.33% 19 0.45% 9 0.21% 5 0.12% -706 -16.56% 4,265
Amelia 1,634 47.25% 1,715 49.60% 9 0.26% 56 1.62% 36 1.04% 8 0.23% -81 -2.35% 3,458
Amherst 3,956 50.87% 3,675 47.26% 23 0.30% 44 0.57% 49 0.63% 29 0.37% 281 3.61% 7,776
Appomattox 1,964 50.84% 1,702 44.06% 79 2.05% 80 2.07% 29 0.75% 9 0.23% 262 6.78% 3,863
Arlington 30,972 47.95% 32,536 50.37% 353 0.55% 387 0.60% 121 0.19% 230 0.36% -1,564 -2.42% 64,599
Augusta 8,452 57.53% 5,626 38.29% 207 1.41% 315 2.14% 59 0.40% 33 0.22% 2,826 19.24% 14,692
Bath 888 45.96% 1,029 53.26% 2 0.10% 8 0.41% 3 0.16% 2 0.10% -141 -7.30% 1,932
Bedford 4,189 45.31% 4,766 51.55% 121 1.31% 135 1.46% 24 0.26% 11 0.12% -577 -6.24% 9,246
Bedford City 1,043 45.47% 1,122 48.91% 67 2.92% 51 2.22% 6 0.26% 5 0.22% -79 -3.44% 2,294
Bland 1,047 51.91% 961 47.65% 1 0.05% 5 0.25% 2 0.10% 1 0.05% 86 4.26% 2,017
Botetourt 3,343 44.14% 4,021 53.10% 83 1.10% 70 0.92% 38 0.50% 18 0.24% -678 -8.96% 7,573
Bristol 2,943 46.27% 3,343 52.55% 10 0.16% 23 0.36% 25 0.39% 17 0.27% -400 -6.28% 6,361
Brunswick 2,387 42.11% 3,071 54.18% 56 0.99% 41 0.72% 59 1.04% 54 0.95% -684 -12.07% 5,668
Buchanan 3,850 35.89% 5,791 53.98% 592 5.52% 367 3.42% 104 0.97% 24 0.22% -1,941 -18.09% 10,728
Buckingham 1,487 39.57% 2,179 57.98% 20 0.53% 27 0.72% 30 0.80% 15 0.40% -692 -18.41% 3,758
Buena Vista 771 41.61% 993 53.59% 61 3.22% 53 2.80% 13 0.69% 3 0.16% -222 -11.98% 1,853
Campbell 7,442 60.78% 4,354 35.56% 156 1.27% 199 1.63% 65 0.53% 29 0.24% 3,088 25.22% 12,245
Caroline 1,648 34.36% 3,064 63.89% 23 0.48% 21 0.44% 27 0.56% 13 0.27% -1,416 -29.53% 4,796
Carroll 4,820 53.75% 4,010 44.71% 15 0.17% 48 0.54% 58 0.65% 17 0.19% 810 9.04% 8,968
Charles City 439 22.50% 1,455 74.58% 18 0.92% 12 0.62% 19 0.97% 8 0.41% -1,016 -52.08% 1,951
Charlotte 2,023 46.04% 2,312 52.62% 12 0.27% 34 0.77% 10 0.23% 3 0.07% -289 -6.58% 4,394
Charlottesville 6,673 48.11% 6,846 49.36% 110 0.79% 105 0.76% 54 0.39% 81 0.58% -173 -1.25% 13,869
Chesapeake 12,851 39.96% 17,651 54.89% 870 2.71% 576 1.79% 143 0.44% 66 0.21% -4,800 -14.93% 32,157
Chesterfield 27,812 65.54% 14,126 33.29% 67 0.16% 168 0.40% 153 0.36% 110 0.26% 13,686 32.25% 42,436
Clarke 1,440 51.54% 1,276 45.67% 14 0.50% 19 0.68% 34 1.22% 11 0.39% 164 5.87% 2,794
Clifton Forge 770 40.68% 993 52.46% 61 3.22% 53 2.80% 13 0.69% 3 0.16% -223 -11.78% 1,893
Colonial Heights 4,291 61.88% 2,409 34.74% 46 0.66% 133 1.92% 39 0.56% 16 0.23% 1,882 27.14% 6,934
Covington 1,173 37.06% 1,820 57.50% 103 3.25% 47 1.48% 18 0.57% 4 0.13% -647 -20.44% 3,165
Craig 546 32.75% 1,103 66.17% 11 0.66% 1 0.06% 6 0.36% 0 0.00% -557 -33.42% 1,667
Culpeper 3,659 54.64% 2,892 43.19% 46 0.69% 56 0.84% 22 0.33% 21 0.31% 767 11.45% 6,696
Cumberland 1,284 46.57% 1,302 47.23% 78 2.83% 55 1.99% 16 0.58% 22 0.80% -18 -0.66% 2,757
Danville 10,235 59.46% 6,425 37.33% 198 1.15% 231 1.34% 95 0.55% 28 0.16% 3,810 22.13% 17,212
Dickenson 3,471 42.28% 4,583 55.83% 21 0.26% 51 0.62% 73 0.89% 10 0.12% -1,112 -13.55% 8,209
Dinwiddie 2,413 37.28% 3,873 59.83% 52 0.80% 32 0.49% 76 1.17% 27 0.42% -1,460 -22.55% 6,473
Emporia 1,055 52.23% 899 44.50% 13 0.64% 13 0.64% 30 1.49% 10 0.50% 156 7.73% 2,020
Essex 1,380 50.55% 1,306 47.84% 10 0.37% 19 0.70% 12 0.44% 3 0.11% 74 2.71% 2,730
Fairfax 110,424 53.62% 92,037 44.69% 1,269 0.62% 1,258 0.61% 323 0.16% 646 0.31% 18,387 8.93% 205,957
Fairfax City 4,174 53.36% 3,464 44.28% 68 0.87% 84 1.07% 9 0.12% 24 0.31% 710 9.08% 7,823
Falls Church 2,323 50.63% 2,202 47.99% 9 0.20% 27 0.59% 9 0.20% 18 0.39% 121 2.64% 4,588
Fauquier 4,715 51.75% 4,002 43.92% 179 1.96% 162 1.78% 31 0.34% 22 0.24% 713 7.83% 9,111
Floyd 2,071 52.76% 1,728 44.03% 22 0.56% 44 1.12% 47 1.20% 13 0.33% 343 8.73% 3,925
Fluvanna 1,296 46.79% 1,415 51.08% 11 0.40% 10 0.36% 23 0.83% 15 0.54% -119 -4.29% 2,770
Franklin 3,532 34.63% 6,439 63.13% 66 0.65% 5 0.05% 70 0.69% 37 0.36% -2,907 -28.50% 10,199
Franklin City 1,127 49.21% 1,116 48.73% 7 0.31% 10 0.44% 19 0.83% 11 0.48% 11 0.48% 2,290
Frederick 5,162 59.52% 3,389 39.08% 15 0.17% 54 0.62% 30 0.35% 22 0.25% 1,773 20.44% 8,672
Fredericksburg 2,527 49.07% 2,550 49.51% 10 0.19% 11 0.21% 33 0.64% 19 0.37% -23 -0.44% 5,150
Galax 1,128 47.59% 1,218 51.39% 5 0.21% 8 0.34% 6 0.25% 5 0.21% -90 -3.80% 2,370
Giles 2,731 40.53% 3,779 56.08% 81 1.20% 71 1.05% 55 0.82% 22 0.33% -1,048 -15.55% 6,739
Gloucester 3,025 47.24% 3,156 49.28% 104 1.62% 61 0.95% 39 0.61% 19 0.30% -131 -2.04% 6,404
Goochland 2,104 47.23% 2,259 50.71% 33 0.74% 20 0.45% 22 0.49% 17 0.38% -155 -3.48% 4,455
Grayson 3,021 48.33% 3,146 50.33% 17 0.27% 5 0.08% 36 0.58% 6 0.10% -125 -2.00% 6,251
Greene 1,095 51.41% 895 42.02% 55 2.58% 58 2.72% 13 0.61% 14 0.66% 200 9.39% 2,130
Greensville 1,137 31.18% 2,413 66.18% 25 0.69% 26 0.71% 36 0.99% 9 0.25% -1,276 -35.00% 3,646
Halifax 4,045 46.51% 4,352 50.04% 108 1.24% 103 1.18% 70 0.80% 19 0.22% -307 -3.53% 8,697
Hampton 15,021 41.67% 19,202 53.27% 1,033 2.85% 583 1.61% 117 0.32% 92 0.25% -4,001 -11.60% 36,048
Hanover 11,559 64.72% 6,069 33.98% 25 0.14% 92 0.52% 77 0.43% 37 0.21% 5,490 30.74% 17,859
Harrisonburg 3,376 63.01% 1,803 33.65% 53 0.99% 86 1.61% 19 0.35% 21 0.39% 1,573 29.36% 5,358
Henrico 45,405 65.82% 21,729 31.50% 627 0.91% 909 1.32% 162 0.23% 149 0.22% 23,676 34.32% 68,981
Henry 5,612 35.02% 9,680 60.41% 379 2.37% 233 1.45% 95 0.59% 25 0.16% -4,068 -25.39% 16,024
Highland 629 55.57% 493 43.55% 1 0.09% 7 0.62% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 136 12.02% 1,132
Hopewell 3,764 48.21% 3,691 47.28% 179 2.29% 99 1.27% 53 0.68% 21 0.27% 73 0.93% 7,807
Isle of Wight 2,718 38.78% 4,145 59.14% 40 0.57% 40 0.57% 50 0.71% 16 0.23% -1,427 -20.36% 7,009
James City 3,186 49.36% 3,000 46.48% 159 2.46% 67 1.04% 23 0.36% 19 0.29% 186 2.88% 6,454
King and Queen 778 39.06% 1,111 55.77% 27 1.36% 19 0.95% 39 1.96% 18 0.90% -333 -16.71% 1,992
King George 1,383 46.75% 1,513 51.15% 9 0.30% 24 0.81% 16 0.54% 13 0.44% -130 -4.40% 2,958
King William 1,597 50.60% 1,501 47.56% 6 0.19% 11 0.35% 22 0.70% 19 0.60% 96 3.04% 3,156
Lancaster 2,381 58.44% 1,581 38.81% 40 0.98% 40 0.98% 26 0.64% 6 0.15% 800 19.63% 4,074
Lee 4,679 45.50% 5,415 52.65% 34 0.33% 38 0.37% 97 0.94% 21 0.20% -736 -7.15% 10,284
Lexington 1,027 50.47% 945 46.44% 32 1.57% 22 1.08% 4 0.20% 5 0.25% 82 4.03% 2,035
Loudoun 9,192 51.79% 7,995 45.05% 205 1.16% 262 1.48% 47 0.26% 47 0.26% 1,197 6.74% 17,748
Louisa 2,151 41.89% 2,857 55.64% 19 0.37% 21 0.41% 69 1.34% 18 0.35% -706 -13.75% 5,135
Lunenburg 1,816 49.73% 1,739 47.62% 30 0.82% 54 1.48% 8 0.22% 5 0.14% 77 2.11% 3,652
Lynchburg 14,564 61.18% 8,227 34.56% 412 1.73% 455 1.91% 94 0.39% 52 0.22% 6,337 26.62% 23,804
Madison 1,710 52.97% 1,466 45.42% 19 0.59% 21 0.65% 6 0.19% 6 0.19% 264 7.55% 3,228
Manassas 1,992 53.30% 1,646 44.05% 50 1.34% 37 0.99% 5 0.13% 7 0.19% 346 9.25% 3,737
Manassas Park 444 37.34% 709 59.63% 7 0.59% 19 1.60% 10 0.84% 0 0.00% -265 -22.29% 1,189
Martinsville 3,147 45.38% 3,491 50.34% 144 2.08% 101 1.46% 34 0.49% 18 0.26% -344 -4.96% 6,935
Mathews 1,908 57.77% 1,309 39.63% 21 0.64% 31 0.94% 26 0.79% 8 0.24% 599 18.14% 3,303
Mecklenburg 4,423 50.44% 4,076 46.48% 77 0.88% 85 0.97% 78 0.89% 30 0.34% 347 3.96% 8,769
Middlesex 1,608 52.91% 1,312 43.17% 38 1.25% 50 1.65% 18 0.59% 13 0.43% 296 9.74% 3,039
Montgomery 7,971 50.64% 7,539 47.89% 43 0.27% 53 0.34% 64 0.41% 72 0.46% 432 2.75% 15,742
Nelson 1,516 37.65% 2,426 60.24% 12 0.30% 20 0.50% 34 0.84% 19 0.47% -910 -22.59% 4,027
New Kent 1,259 47.62% 1,338 50.61% 9 0.34% 14 0.53% 17 0.64% 7 0.26% -79 -2.99% 2,644
Newport News 20,914 47.01% 23,058 51.83% 76 0.17% 173 0.39% 186 0.42% 85 0.19% -2,144 -4.82% 44,492
Norfolk 28,099 39.91% 39,295 55.82% 1,543 2.19% 986 1.40% 308 0.44% 171 0.24% -11,196 -15.91% 70,402
Northampton 2,043 43.15% 2,459 51.93% 116 2.45% 67 1.41% 31 0.65% 19 0.40% -416 -8.78% 4,735
Northumberland 2,167 52.52% 1,814 43.97% 59 1.43% 41 0.99% 32 0.78% 13 0.32% 353 8.55% 4,126
Norton 577 40.35% 811 56.71% 17 1.19% 14 0.98% 6 0.42% 5 0.35% -234 -16.36% 1,430
Nottoway 2,486 47.61% 2,558 48.99% 77 1.47% 62 1.19% 29 0.56% 10 0.19% -72 -1.38% 5,222
Orange 2,549 49.39% 2,309 44.74% 127 2.46% 100 1.94% 49 0.95% 27 0.52% 240 4.65% 5,161
Page 3,780 51.52% 3,401 46.35% 29 0.40% 49 0.67% 47 0.64% 31 0.42% 379 5.17% 7,337
Patrick 2,349 43.69% 2,740 50.96% 104 1.93% 131 2.44% 47 0.87% 6 0.11% -391 -7.27% 5,377
Petersburg 5,041 38.53% 7,852 60.02% 31 0.24% 59 0.45% 70 0.54% 29 0.22% -2,811 -21.49% 13,082
Pittsylvania 9,173 51.21% 7,929 44.26% 333 1.86% 315 1.76% 129 0.72% 34 0.19% 1,244 6.95% 17,913
Poquoson 1,461 55.34% 1,140 43.18% 5 0.19% 14 0.53% 13 0.49% 7 0.27% 321 12.16% 2,640
Portsmouth 12,872 35.51% 22,837 63.01% 80 0.22% 169 0.47% 216 0.60% 72 0.20% -9,965 -27.50% 36,246
Powhatan 2,010 55.28% 1,528 42.02% 9 0.25% 46 1.27% 31 0.85% 12 0.33% 482 13.26% 3,636
Prince Edward 2,734 50.36% 2,448 45.09% 86 1.58% 71 1.31% 62 1.14% 28 0.52% 286 5.27% 5,429
Prince George 2,254 45.44% 2,630 53.02% 19 0.38% 18 0.36% 27 0.54% 12 0.24% -376 -7.58% 4,960
Prince William 15,446 49.00% 15,215 48.26% 323 1.02% 405 1.28% 54 0.17% 81 0.26% 231 0.74% 31,524
Pulaski 4,764 44.84% 5,546 52.20% 87 0.82% 106 1.00% 96 0.90% 25 0.24% -782 -7.36% 10,624
Radford 1,844 44.74% 2,240 54.34% 12 0.29% 6 0.15% 14 0.34% 6 0.15% -396 -9.60% 4,122
Rappahannock 881 44.47% 1,071 54.06% 8 0.40% 11 0.56% 5 0.25% 5 0.25% -190 -9.59% 1,981
Richmond 1,391 60.80% 864 37.76% 8 0.35% 11 0.48% 11 0.48% 3 0.13% 527 23.04% 2,288
Richmond City 37,176 44.73% 44,687 53.77% 253 0.30% 255 0.31% 430 0.52% 309 0.37% -7,511 -9.04% 83,110
Roanoke 13,587 50.42% 13,120 48.69% 25 0.09% 100 0.37% 57 0.21% 59 0.22% 467 1.73% 26,948
Roanoke City 14,738 41.00% 20,696 57.57% 141 0.39% 162 0.45% 137 0.38% 75 0.21% -5,958 -16.57% 35,949
Rockbridge 2,157 43.66% 2,525 51.11% 116 2.35% 100 2.02% 31 0.63% 11 0.22% -368 -7.45% 4,940
Rockingham 9,768 61.87% 5,349 33.88% 195 1.24% 344 2.18% 77 0.49% 56 0.35% 4,419 27.99% 15,789
Russell 4,287 40.19% 6,014 56.38% 185 1.73% 124 1.16% 48 0.45% 9 0.08% -1,727 -16.19% 10,667
Salem 4,196 48.29% 4,404 50.68% 11 0.13% 47 0.54% 19 0.22% 13 0.15% -208 -2.39% 8,690
Scott 4,313 45.43% 4,496 47.36% 319 3.36% 279 2.94% 74 0.78% 13 0.14% -183 -1.93% 9,494
Shenandoah 6,296 64.05% 3,364 34.22% 27 0.27% 62 0.63% 54 0.55% 27 0.27% 2,932 29.83% 9,830
Smyth 5,032 47.29% 5,246 49.30% 144 1.35% 164 1.54% 39 0.37% 16 0.15% -214 -2.01% 10,641
South Boston 1,389 56.97% 1,001 41.06% 4 0.16% 10 0.41% 22 0.90% 12 0.49% 388 15.91% 2,438
Southampton 2,366 40.18% 3,399 57.72% 17 0.29% 33 0.56% 61 1.04% 13 0.22% -1,033 -17.54% 5,889
Spotsylvania 3,210 42.46% 4,210 55.69% 16 0.21% 38 0.50% 73 0.97% 13 0.17% -1,000 -13.23% 7,560
Stafford 4,451 46.84% 4,900 51.57% 19 0.20% 54 0.57% 55 0.58% 23 0.24% -449 -4.73% 9,502
Staunton 4,681 59.53% 2,951 37.53% 89 1.13% 95 1.21% 28 0.36% 19 0.24% 1,730 22.00% 7,863
Suffolk 6,066 38.86% 9,246 59.24% 49 0.31% 68 0.44% 147 0.94% 33 0.21% -3,180 -20.38% 15,609
Surry 929 32.79% 1,829 64.56% 26 0.92% 14 0.49% 19 0.67% 16 0.56% -900 -31.77% 2,833
Sussex 1,360 33.22% 2,497 60.99% 112 2.74% 73 1.78% 45 1.10% 7 0.17% -1,137 -27.77% 4,094
Tazewell 5,565 41.41% 7,565 56.29% 94 0.70% 105 0.78% 92 0.68% 18 0.13% -2,000 -14.88% 13,439
Virginia Beach 34,593 54.46% 25,824 40.66% 1,607 2.53% 1,143 1.80% 175 0.28% 176 0.28% 8,769 13.80% 63,518
Warren 2,985 45.80% 3,221 49.42% 139 2.13% 109 1.67% 45 0.69% 18 0.28% -236 -3.62% 6,517
Washington 6,865 48.98% 6,547 46.71% 287 2.05% 199 1.42% 95 0.68% 22 0.16% 318 2.27% 14,015
Waynesboro 3,528 59.64% 2,209 37.35% 75 1.27% 80 1.35% 14 0.24% 9 0.15% 1,319 22.29% 5,915
Westmoreland 1,909 41.79% 2,355 51.55% 152 3.33% 111 2.43% 32 0.70% 9 0.20% -446 -9.76% 4,568
Williamsburg 1,654 51.77% 1,468 45.95% 20 0.63% 27 0.85% 7 0.22% 19 0.59% 186 5.82% 3,195
Winchester 4,075 62.85% 2,346 36.18% 9 0.14% 28 0.43% 17 0.26% 9 0.14% 1,729 26.67% 6,484
Wise 5,691 42.63% 7,134 53.43% 233 1.75% 181 1.36% 90 0.67% 22 0.16% -1,443 -10.80% 13,351
Wythe 4,231 51.34% 3,578 43.42% 185 2.24% 159 1.93% 79 0.96% 9 0.11% 653 7.92% 8,241
York 5,603 53.61% 4,736 45.32% 16 0.15% 37 0.35% 33 0.32% 26 0.25% 867 8.29% 10,451
Totals 836,554 49.29% 813,896 47.96% 17,802 1.05% 16,686 0.98% 7,508 0.44% 4,648 0.27% 22,658 1.33% 1,697,094

Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Results by congressional district

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Ford won 6 of 10 congressional districts. Ford and Carter each won four districts won by the other party.[21]

District Ford Carter Representative
1st 47% 50% Thomas N. Downing
Paul Trible
2nd 47% 49% G. William Whitehurst
3rd 56% 42% David E. Satterfield III
4th 40% 57% Robert Daniel
5th 51% 46% Dan Daniel
6th 49% 48% M. Caldwell Butler
7th 54% 44% J. Kenneth Robinson
8th 51% 47% Herbert Harris
9th 45% 51% William C. Wampler Jr.
10th 51% 47% Joseph L. Fisher

References

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  1. ^ Heinemann, Ronald L. (2008). Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. p. 357. ISBN 0813927692.
  2. ^ Phillips, Kevin P. (1969). The Emerging Republican Majority. pp. 260–266. ISBN 0870000586.
  3. ^ Atkinson, Frank B. (2006). The Dynamic Dominion: Realignment and the Rise of Two-party Competition in Virginia, 1945-1980. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742552098.
  4. ^ Bass, Jack; De Vries, Walter (1995). The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Change and Political Consequence Since 1945. pp. 347–353.
  5. ^ Evans, Rowland; Novak, Robert (October 16, 1972). "Consider Virginia: McGovern, Nixon Creating a No-Party System in South". The Miami Herald. pp. 7-A.
  6. ^ Bass; De Vries. The Transformation of Southern Politics, p. 360
  7. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
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