2016 United States presidential election in Virginia

Main article: 2016 United States presidential election

The 2016 United States presidential election in Virginia was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Virginia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

2016 United States presidential election in Virginia

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Turnout	72.1% (of registered voters)^[1]
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state New York New York Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 1,981,473 1,769,443 Percentage 49.73% 44.41%
County and Independent City Results Clinton   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by county

Logo used by Clinton's Virginia campaign

The Democratic Party candidate, Hillary Clinton of New York, carried Virginia with a 49.73% plurality in the popular vote against businessman Donald Trump of New York, who carried 44.41%, a victory margin of 5.32%. Clinton seemed to benefit from having former Virginia governor Tim Kaine on the ticket. Whereas the national popular vote swung 1.77% Republican from the previous election, Virginia swung 1.44% Democratic.^[2] (Due to a higher third-party vote, Clinton's percentage was lower than Obama's in both 2008 and 2012, however.) Kaine himself became optimistic on election night after it became clear that he and Clinton would win Virginia by a larger margin than Obama did in 2012. His optimism soon faded, however, as it was announced that Clinton had lost many other important swing states to Trump.

Conversely, Trump became the first Republican since Calvin Coolidge in 1924 to win the White House without carrying Virginia and Clinton the first Democrat to carry the state without winning the presidency since that election.^[3] Trump is also the first Republican since Ronald Reagan in 1980 to win the presidency without sweeping every former confederate state. The Old Dominion had been a traditionally Democratic-leaning state from the party's founding until 1952. It then became reliably Republican-leaning from 1952 until 2004, after which point it has voted Democratic in every presidential election. This was due largely to migration into counties in Northern Virginia, close to Washington, D.C., which has further tilted these densely populated areas towards the Democratic Party.

Virginia was the only one of the eleven states that composed the Confederate States of America to vote Democratic in this election. This is a reversal from 1976, when it was the only state that had been part of the Confederacy to vote Republican. Virginia was also the only state Hillary Clinton won which was never carried by her husband Bill Clinton in either of his runs for president in 1992 and 1996 in which the state ironically had last voted against the winning candidate. Virginia was one of eleven states to vote more Democratic than in 2012.^[a]

This was only the third time since Reconstruction that Virginia voted for a different candidate than Florida, after 1976 and 1996, and the first in which Virginia voted Democratic while Florida voted Republican. This would happen again four years later.

Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Prince William County since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, as well as the first to do so without carrying Loudoun County since Herbert Hoover in 1928, and the first to do so without carrying Henrico County since Coolidge in 1924.

Primaries

Democratic primary

Main article: 2016 Virginia Democratic primary

The 108 delegates (95 pledged delegates and 13 super delegates) from Virginia to the Democratic National Convention were allocated in this way. Among the pledged delegates, 62 of them were allocated based on the popular vote in each congressional district. The 33 at-large delegates were then allocated based on the statewide popular vote.^[4]

 

County results of the Virginia Democratic presidential primary, 2016

  Hillary Clinton

  Bernie Sanders

Virginia Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Hillary Clinton	504,741	64.29%	62	13	75
Bernie Sanders	276,370	35.20%	33	0	33
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	3,930	0.50%
Uncommitted	—		0	1	1
Total	785,041	100%	95	14	109
Source: The Green Papers, Virginia Department of Elections

Republican primary

Main article: 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

The 49 delegates from Virginia to the Republican National Convention were allocated proportionally based on the popular vote.^[5]

Virginia Republican primary, 2016

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Candidate Donald Trump Marco Rubio Ted Cruz Home state New York Florida Texas Delegate count 17 16 8 Popular vote 356,840 327,918 171,150 Percentage 34.80% 31.98% 16.69%       Candidate John Kasich Ben Carson Home state Ohio Maryland Delegate count 5 3 Popular vote 97,784 60,228 Percentage 9.54% 5.87%

Virginia results by county   Donald Trump   Marco Rubio

Virginia Republican primary, March 1, 2016^[6]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	356,840	34.80%	17	0	17
Marco Rubio	327,918	31.98%	16	0	16
Ted Cruz	171,150	16.69%	8	0	8
John Kasich	97,784	9.54%	5	0	5
Ben Carson	60,228	5.87%	3	0	3
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)	3,645	0.36%	0	0	0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)	2,917	0.28%	0	0	0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)	1,458	0.14%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	1,102	0.11%	0	0	0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)	914	0.09%	0	0	0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn)	653	0.06%	0	0	0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)	444	0.04%	0	0	0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)	399	0.04%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	1,025,452	100.00%	49	0	49

Libertarian nomination

The 2016 Libertarian Party presidential ticket was former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson for president and former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld for vice president. They earned those nominations at the Libertarian Party 2016 National Convention on Memorial Day weekend.^[7]

Green primary

The Virginia Green Party held its primary from March 20 through April 3. Party members were able to vote online through an email ballot or through the mail.^[8] On April 13, it was announced that Jill Stein had won with 76% of the vote. The state's four delegates were apportioned at the May 28 state meeting.^[9]

Virginia primary, April 3, 2016

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	National delegates
Jill Stein	35	76%	3
Kent Mesplay	3	6%	1
William Kreml	2	4.1%	-
Darryl Cherney	2	3.8%	-
Sedinam Curry	1	1.7%	-
Write-ins	3	8.4%	-
Total	46	100.00%	4

General election

Polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2016 § Virginia

In polling, Hillary Clinton won or tied in every pre-election poll but one. An average of the last three polls showed Clinton ahead of Trump 48% to 43%, which was accurate compared to the results.^[10]

Voting history

Virginia joined the Union in June 1788 and has participated in all elections from 1789 onwards, except 1864 and 1868 (due to its secession from the US due to the American Civil War). Since 1900, Virginia voted Democratic 54.17% of the time and Republican 45.83% of the time. From 1968 to 2004, Virginia voted for the Republican Party candidate. Then, in the 2008 and 2012 elections, the state voted for the Democratic Party. The same trend continued in the 2016 presidential elections.^[11]

Clinton had several advantages in Virginia. The first was due in part to her landslide win in the Democratic primary against Senator Bernie Sanders. The second was Virginia has a significant number of African American voters, many of whom backed Clinton in the primary and both of President Barack Obama's wins in the state. The third was the state's growing share of well-educated suburban voters, especially in the suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C., who were moving away from the Republican Party in response to Trump being nominated for president. The fourth was Clinton's pick of the state's own US Senator, Tim Kaine, as her vice presidential running mate.^[12]

While polls throughout the campaign showed Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump by varying margins in Virginia, it was announced on October 13 that the Trump campaign was pulling its resources out of the state, likely ceding to Clinton what was perceived to be a critical battleground state. According to the Trump campaign, the reason for pulling out of Virginia was to compete in more critical battleground states like Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio, all of which were states he won.^[13]

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Virginia as of election day.

Source	Ranking	As of
Los Angeles Times^[14]	Lean D	November 6, 2016
CNN^[15]	Lean D	November 8, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report^[16]	Likely D	November 7, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[17]	Likely D	November 7, 2016
NBC^[18]	Likely D	November 7, 2016
Electoral-vote.com^[19]	Likely D	November 8, 2016
RealClearPolitics^[20]	Likely D	November 7, 2016
Fox News^[21]	Lean D	November 7, 2016
ABC^[22]	Lean D	November 8, 2016

Results

2016 United States presidential election in Virginia

Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Hillary Clinton	Tim Kaine	1,981,473	49.73%	13
	Republican	Donald Trump	Mike Pence	1,769,443	44.41%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	William Weld	118,274	2.97%	0
	Independent	Evan McMullin	Mindy Finn	54,054	1.35%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Ajamu Baraka	27,638	0.69%	0
	Independent (write-in)	-	-	33,749	0.85%	0
Totals				3,984,631	100.00%	13
Voter turnout (Voting age population)						71.30%
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

By city/county

County or independent city	Hillary Rodham Clinton Democratic		Donald John Trump Republican		Gary Earl Johnson^[23] Libertarian		David Evan McMullin^[23] Independent		Jill Ellen Stein^[23] Green		Various candidates^[23] Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Accomack County	6,740	42.61%	8,583	54.26%	264	1.67%	112	0.71%	66	0.42%	53	0.34%	−1,843	−11.65%	15,818
Albemarle County	33,345	58.78%	19,259	33.95%	2,105	3.71%	1,059	1.87%	450	0.79%	508	0.90%	14,086	24.83%	56,726
Alleghany County	2,166	29.57%	4,874	66.54%	164	2.24%	69	0.94%	35	0.48%	17	0.23%	−2,708	−36.97%	7,325
Amelia County	2,128	30.23%	4,708	66.88%	129	1.83%	41	0.58%	11	0.16%	23	0.33%	−2,580	−36.65%	7,040
Amherst County	5,057	32.85%	9,719	63.13%	317	2.06%	159	1.03%	65	0.42%	79	0.51%	−4,662	−30.28%	15,396
Appomattox County	2,023	25.25%	5,715	71.34%	136	1.70%	50	0.62%	31	0.39%	56	0.70%	−3,692	−46.09%	8,011
Arlington County	92,016	75.82%	20,186	16.63%	3,827	3.15%	2,594	2.14%	819	0.67%	1,914	1.58%	71,830	59.19%	121,356
Augusta County	8,177	22.50%	26,163	71.99%	1,099	3.02%	502	1.38%	200	0.55%	202	0.56%	−17,986	−49.49%	36,343
Bath County	603	26.76%	1,548	68.71%	56	2.49%	22	0.98%	15	0.67%	9	0.40%	−945	−41.94%	2,253
Bedford County	9,768	22.97%	30,659	72.10%	1,074	2.53%	627	1.47%	176	0.41%	221	0.52%	−20,891	−49.13%	42,525
Bland County	453	14.43%	2,573	81.97%	61	1.94%	21	0.67%	17	0.54%	14	0.45%	−2,120	−67.54%	3,139
Botetourt County	4,494	23.98%	13,375	71.38%	497	2.65%	185	0.99%	101	0.54%	87	0.46%	−8,881	−47.39%	18,739
Brunswick County	4,481	58.43%	3,046	39.72%	72	0.94%	30	0.39%	25	0.33%	15	0.20%	1,435	18.71%	7,669
Buchanan County	1,721	18.61%	7,296	78.90%	122	1.32%	59	0.64%	24	0.26%	25	0.27%	−5,575	−60.29%	9,247
Buckingham County	3,128	42.88%	3,950	54.15%	102	1.40%	58	0.80%	27	0.37%	30	0.41%	−822	−11.27%	7,295
Campbell County	6,664	24.20%	19,551	71.00%	665	2.42%	419	1.52%	102	0.37%	134	0.49%	−12,887	−46.80%	27,535
Caroline County	6,432	45.14%	7,147	50.16%	368	2.58%	154	1.04%	99	0.69%	48	0.34%	−715	−5.02%	14,248
Carroll County	2,559	18.72%	10,663	78.01%	220	1.61%	88	0.64%	69	0.50%	69	0.50%	−8,104	−59.29%	13,668
Charles City County	2,496	60.77%	1,476	35.94%	67	1.63%	39	0.95%	15	0.37%	14	0.34%	1,020	24.84%	4,107
Charlotte County	2,155	37.10%	3,479	59.90%	111	1.91%	38	0.65%	11	0.19%	14	0.24%	−1,324	−22.80%	5,808
Chesterfield County	81,074	45.94%	85,045	48.19%	6,247	3.54%	2,004	1.14%	990	0.56%	1,101	0.62%	−3,971	−2.25%	176,461
Clarke County	3,051	37.15%	4,661	56.75%	261	3.18%	111	1.35%	55	0.67%	74	0.90%	−1,610	−19.60%	8,213
Craig County	541	19.36%	2,140	76.59%	54	1.93%	30	1.07%	20	0.72%	9	0.32%	−1,599	−57.23%	2,794
Culpeper County	7,759	34.92%	13,349	60.08%	584	2.63%	242	1.09%	176	0.79%	108	0.49%	−5,590	−25.16%	22,218
Cumberland County	2,036	41.50%	2,697	54.97%	95	1.94%	32	0.65%	24	0.49%	22	0.45%	−661	−13.47%	4,906
Dickenson County	1,335	20.73%	4,932	76.58%	81	1.26%	43	0.67%	14	0.22%	35	0.54%	−3,597	−55.85%	6,440
Dinwiddie County	5,765	42.47%	7,447	54.86%	196	1.44%	79	0.58%	46	0.34%	42	0.31%	−1,682	−12.39%	13,575
Essex County	2,542	47.00%	2,657	49.13%	113	2.09%	25	0.46%	18	0.33%	53	0.98%	−115	−2.13%	5,408
Fairfax County	355,133	64.43%	157,710	28.61%	15,664	2.84%	10,369	1.88%	4,477	0.81%	7,830	1.42%	197,423	35.82%	551,183
Fauquier County	12,971	34.62%	22,127	59.06%	1,191	3.18%	597	1.59%	267	0.71%	314	0.84%	−9,156	−24.44%	37,467
Floyd County	2,300	28.57%	5,293	65.74%	185	2.30%	91	1.13%	107	1.33%	75	0.93%	−2,993	−37.18%	8,051
Fluvanna County	5,760	42.36%	7,025	51.67%	425	3.13%	218	1.60%	80	0.59%	89	0.65%	−1,265	−9.30%	13,597
Franklin County	7,257	26.91%	18,569	68.85%	602	2.23%	274	1.02%	115	0.43%	154	0.57%	−11,312	−41.94%	26,971
Frederick County	11,932	29.51%	26,083	64.50%	1,280	3.17%	543	1.34%	325	0.80%	277	0.68%	−14,151	−34.99%	40,440
Giles County	1,950	23.75%	5,910	71.98%	201	2.45%	77	0.94%	39	0.47%	34	0.41%	−3,960	−48.23%	8,211
Gloucester County	5,404	27.54%	13,096	66.75%	693	3.53%	213	1.09%	134	0.68%	79	0.40%	−7,692	−39.21%	19,619
Goochland County	4,889	34.83%	8,384	59.73%	474	3.38%	145	1.03%	54	0.38%	91	0.65%	−3,495	−24.90%	14,037
Grayson County	1,407	19.31%	5,592	76.76%	110	1.51%	93	1.28%	55	0.75%	28	0.38%	−4,185	−57.45%	7,285
Greene County	2,924	30.43%	5,945	61.88%	406	4.23%	167	1.74%	66	0.69%	100	1.04%	−3,021	−31.44%	9,608
Greensville County	2,558	58.63%	1,737	39.81%	50	1.15%	12	0.28%	0	0.00%	6	0.14%	821	18.82%	4,363
Halifax County	6,897	40.57%	9,704	57.08%	237	1.39%	77	0.45%	44	0.26%	42	0.25%	−2,807	−16.51%	17,001
Hanover County	19,382	30.89%	39,630	63.15%	2,310	3.68%	741	1.18%	314	0.50%	376	0.60%	−20,248	−32.27%	62,753
Henrico County	93,935	57.40%	59,857	36.58%	5,657	3.46%	1,997	1.22%	1,081	0.66%	1,127	0.69%	34,078	20.82%	163,654
Henry County	8,198	34.01%	15,208	63.09%	378	1.57%	147	0.61%	98	0.41%	77	0.32%	−7,010	−29.08%	24,106
Highland County	371	26.67%	958	68.87%	33	2.37%	21	1.51%	0	0.00%	8	0.58%	−587	−42.20%	1,391
Isle of Wight County	7,881	37.40%	12,204	57.91%	589	2.79%	207	0.98%	81	0.38%	113	0.54%	−4,323	−20.51%	21,075
James City County	19,105	44.62%	21,306	49.77%	1,395	3.26%	686	1.60%	281	0.66%	40	0.09%	−2,201	−5.14%	42,813
King and Queen County	1,468	39.71%	2,099	56.78%	75	2.03%	13	0.35%	18	0.49%	24	0.65%	−631	−17.07%	3,697
King George County	4,007	33.23%	7,341	60.88%	367	3.04%	177	1.47%	83	0.69%	84	0.70%	−3,334	−27.65%	12,059
King William County	2,760	30.13%	5,975	65.22%	261	2.85%	71	0.78%	44	0.48%	50	0.55%	−3,215	−35.09%	9,161
Lancaster County	2,869	43.18%	3,523	53.02%	141	2.12%	41	0.62%	35	0.53%	36	0.54%	−654	−9.84%	6,645
Lee County	1,627	17.31%	7,543	80.25%	106	1.13%	45	0.48%	33	0.35%	45	0.48%	−5,916	−62.94%	9,399
Loudoun County	100,795	55.05%	69,949	38.20%	5,674	3.10%	3,413	1.86%	1,316	0.72%	1,950	1.07%	30,846	16.85%	183,097
Louisa County	6,212	35.23%	10,528	59.71%	505	2.86%	163	0.92%	124	0.70%	99	0.56%	−4,316	−24.48%	17,631
Lunenburg County	2,227	39.87%	3,204	57.36%	88	1.58%	32	0.57%	25	0.45%	10	0.18%	−977	−17.49%	5,586
Madison County	2,203	31.57%	4,419	63.32%	184	2.64%	87	1.25%	43	0.62%	43	0.62%	−2,216	−31.75%	6,979
Mathews County	1,563	29.43%	3,517	66.22%	147	2.77%	36	0.68%	31	0.58%	17	0.32%	−1,954	−36.79%	5,311
Mecklenburg County	6,285	42.05%	8,288	55.46%	239	1.60%	54	0.36%	30	0.20%	49	0.33%	−2,003	−13.40%	14,945
Middlesex County	2,108	35.03%	3,670	60.99%	140	2.33%	50	0.83%	33	0.55%	16	0.27%	−1,562	−25.96%	6,017
Montgomery County	20,021	46.53%	19,459	45.22%	2,026	4.71%	798	1.85%	401	0.93%	326	0.76%	562	1.31%	43,031
Nelson County	3,689	44.35%	4,154	49.94%	244	2.93%	95	1.14%	81	0.97%	55	0.66%	−465	−5.59%	8,318
New Kent County	3,546	28.97%	8,118	66.31%	348	2.84%	102	0.83%	52	0.42%	76	0.62%	−4,572	−37.35%	12,242
Northampton County	3,255	52.74%	2,686	43.52%	116	1.88%	37	0.60%	40	0.65%	38	0.62%	569	9.22%	6,172
Northumberland County	2,852	38.55%	4,302	58.15%	136	1.84%	51	0.69%	21	0.28%	36	0.49%	−1,450	−19.60%	7,398
Nottoway County	2,829	41.95%	3,712	55.04%	116	1.72%	35	0.52%	25	0.37%	27	0.40%	−883	−13.09%	6,744
Orange County	5,957	34.39%	10,521	60.74%	399	2.30%	178	1.03%	166	0.96%	99	0.57%	−4,564	−26.35%	17,320
Page County	2,514	23.41%	7,831	72.91%	198	1.84%	89	0.83%	38	0.35%	70	0.65%	−5,317	−49.51%	10,740
Patrick County	1,768	20.74%	6,454	75.71%	147	1.72%	71	0.83%	49	0.57%	36	0.42%	−4,686	−54.97%	8,525
Pittsylvania County	9,199	29.11%	21,554	68.21%	442	1.40%	202	0.64%	106	0.34%	95	0.30%	−12,355	−39.10%	31,598
Powhatan County	4,060	24.03%	11,885	70.33%	639	3.78%	150	0.89%	73	0.43%	92	0.54%	−7,825	−46.30%	16,899
Prince Edward County	4,591	50.21%	4,101	44.85%	286	3.13%	85	0.93%	53	0.58%	27	0.30%	490	5.36%	9,143
Prince George County	6,419	39.66%	9,157	56.58%	374	2.31%	120	0.74%	70	0.43%	44	0.27%	−2,738	−16.92%	16,184
Prince William County	113,144	57.57%	71,721	36.49%	5,374	2.73%	2,995	1.52%	1,497	0.76%	1,807	0.92%	41,423	21.08%	196,538
Pulaski County	4,172	27.51%	10,322	68.06%	351	2.31%	171	1.13%	107	0.71%	44	0.29%	−6,150	−40.55%	15,167
Rappahannock County	1,747	38.97%	2,539	56.64%	93	2.07%	42	0.94%	36	0.80%	26	0.58%	−792	−17.67%	4,483
Richmond County	1,347	36.79%	2,213	60.45%	57	1.56%	21	0.57%	13	0.36%	10	0.27%	−866	−23.65%	3,661
Roanoke County	17,200	33.41%	31,408	61.00%	1,620	3.15%	678	1.32%	286	0.56%	297	0.58%	−14,208	−27.59%	51,489
Rockbridge County	3,508	32.50%	6,680	61.88%	271	2.51%	171	1.58%	66	0.61%	99	0.92%	−3,172	−29.38%	10,795
Rockingham County	9,366	24.98%	25,990	69.33%	1,088	2.90%	610	1.63%	208	0.55%	225	0.60%	−16,624	−44.35%	37,487
Russell County	2,330	19.03%	9,521	77.75%	190	1.55%	104	0.85%	58	0.47%	43	0.35%	−7,191	−58.72%	12,246
Scott County	1,581	15.65%	8,247	81.65%	142	1.41%	53	0.52%	39	0.39%	38	0.38%	−6,666	−66.00%	10,100
Shenandoah County	5,273	25.71%	14,094	68.71%	556	2.71%	286	1.39%	149	0.73%	155	0.76%	−8,821	−43.00%	20,513
Smyth County	2,665	20.67%	9,750	75.64%	258	2.00%	113	0.88%	53	0.41%	51	0.40%	−7,085	−54.97%	12,890
Southampton County	3,595	40.49%	5,035	56.71%	156	1.76%	62	0.70%	24	0.27%	6	0.07%	−1,440	−16.22%	8,878
Spotsylvania County	24,207	38.69%	34,623	55.34%	1,910	3.05%	900	1.44%	450	0.72%	472	0.75%	−10,416	−16.65%	62,562
Stafford County	27,908	42.33%	33,868	51.37%	2,140	3.25%	1,006	1.53%	488	0.74%	524	0.79%	−5,960	−9.04%	65,934
Surry County	2,272	53.74%	1,819	43.02%	81	1.92%	29	0.69%	17	0.40%	10	0.24%	453	10.71%	4,228
Sussex County	2,879	57.08%	2,055	40.74%	63	1.25%	22	0.44%	22	0.44%	3	0.06%	824	16.34%	5,044
Tazewell County	2,895	15.59%	15,168	81.70%	260	1.40%	127	0.68%	53	0.29%	63	0.34%	−12,273	−66.10%	18,566
Warren County	5,169	28.78%	11,773	65.55%	495	2.76%	222	1.24%	149	0.83%	152	0.85%	−6,604	−36.77%	17,960
Washington County	5,553	21.48%	19,320	74.75%	537	2.08%	229	0.89%	93	0.36%	115	0.44%	−13,767	−53.26%	25,847
Westmoreland County	3,836	44.74%	4,448	51.88%	157	1.83%	50	0.58%	40	0.47%	43	0.50%	−612	−7.14%	8,574
Wise County	2,701	17.81%	12,086	79.71%	182	1.20%	65	0.43%	77	0.51%	52	0.34%	−9,385	−61.89%	15,163
Wythe County	2,770	20.76%	10,046	75.29%	285	2.14%	107	0.80%	49	0.37%	86	0.64%	−7,276	−54.53%	13,343
York County	12,999	38.10%	18,837	55.21%	1,186	3.48%	549	1.61%	252	0.74%	295	0.86%	−5,838	−17.11%	34,118
Alexandria City	57,242	76.82%	13,286	17.83%	2,020	2.71%	139	0.19%	592	0.79%	1,233	1.65%	43,956	58.99%	74,512
Bristol City	1,835	26.09%	4,892	69.57%	136	1.93%	64	0.91%	50	0.71%	55	0.78%	−3,057	−43.47%	7,032
Buena Vista City	693	28.79%	1,430	59.41%	83	3.45%	174	7.23%	13	0.54%	14	0.58%	−737	−30.62%	2,407
Charlottesville City	17,901	79.66%	2,960	13.17%	785	3.49%	383	1.70%	230	1.02%	213	0.95%	14,941	66.49%	22,472
Chesapeake City	52,627	46.69%	54,047	47.96%	3,458	3.07%	1,146	1.02%	698	0.62%	729	0.65%	−1,440	−1.28%	112,685
Colonial Heights City	2,367	27.99%	5,681	67.18%	247	2.92%	88	1.04%	44	0.52%	30	0.35%	−3,314	−39.19%	8,457
Covington City	914	38.37%	1,349	56.63%	73	3.06%	25	1.05%	8	0.34%	13	0.55%	−435	−18.26%	2,382
Danville City	11,059	58.35%	7,303	38.53%	315	1.66%	117	0.62%	73	0.39%	85	0.45%	3,756	19.82%	18,952
Emporia City	1,530	64.64%	789	33.33%	26	1.10%	8	0.34%	10	0.42%	4	0.17%	741	31.31%	2,367
Fairfax City	7,367	61.24%	3,702	30.77%	427	3.55%	263	2.19%	107	0.89%	164	1.36%	3,665	30.47%	12,030
Falls Church City	5,819	75.02%	1,324	17.07%	237	3.06%	228	2.94%	70	0.90%	79	1.02%	4,495	57.95%	7,757
Franklin City	2,519	61.89%	1,421	34.91%	72	1.77%	15	0.37%	16	0.39%	27	0.66%	1,098	26.98%	4,070
Fredericksburg City	6,707	59.54%	3,744	33.24%	389	3.45%	189	1.68%	137	1.22%	98	0.87%	2,963	26.31%	11,264
Galax City	681	28.66%	1,603	67.47%	45	1.89%	28	1.18%	7	0.29%	12	0.51%	−922	−38.80%	2,376
Hampton City	41,312	66.25%	17,902	28.71%	1,658	2.66%	551	0.88%	474	0.76%	459	0.74%	23,410	37.54%	62,356
Harrisonburg City	10,212	56.85%	6,232	34.69%	810	4.51%	310	1.73%	255	1.42%	144	0.80%	3,980	22.16%	17,963
Hopewell City	4,724	52.44%	3,885	43.13%	212	2.35%	91	1.01%	58	0.64%	38	0.42%	839	9.31%	9,008
Lexington City	1,514	61.42%	766	31.08%	92	3.73%	56	2.27%	20	0.81%	17	0.69%	748	30.34%	2,465
Lynchburg City	14,792	41.47%	17,982	50.41%	1,379	3.87%	998	2.80%	208	0.58%	312	0.87%	−3,190	−8.94%	35,671
Manassas City	8,423	54.66%	5,953	38.63%	488	3.17%	246	1.60%	147	0.95%	154	1.00%	2,470	16.03%	15,411
Manassas Park City	3,204	61.24%	1,733	33.12%	162	3.10%	57	1.09%	45	0.86%	31	0.59%	1,471	28.12%	5,232
Martinsville City	3,533	59.81%	2,149	36.38%	114	1.93%	51	0.86%	29	0.49%	31	0.52%	1,384	23.43%	5,907
Newport News City	45,618	60.25%	25,468	33.64%	2,531	3.34%	931	1.23%	591	0.78%	576	0.76%	20,150	26.61%	75,715
Norfolk City	57,023	68.38%	21,552	25.85%	2,717	3.26%	761	0.91%	797	0.96%	538	0.65%	35,471	42.54%	83,388
Norton City	383	26.23%	1,021	69.93%	24	1.64%	22	1.51%	6	0.41%	4	0.27%	−638	−43.70%	1,460
Petersburg City	12,021	87.20%	1,451	10.53%	139	1.01%	58	0.42%	67	0.49%	50	0.36%	10,570	76.67%	13,786
Poquoson City	1,601	22.31%	5,092	70.95%	307	4.28%	76	1.06%	43	0.60%	58	0.81%	−3,491	−48.64%	7,177
Portsmouth City	28,497	65.87%	12,795	29.57%	1,096	2.53%	331	0.77%	323	0.75%	223	0.52%	15,702	36.29%	43,265
Radford City	2,925	48.07%	2,638	43.35%	301	4.95%	113	1.86%	58	0.95%	50	0.82%	287	4.72%	6,085
Richmond City	81,259	78.52%	15,581	15.06%	3,617	3.50%	1,124	1.09%	1,134	1.10%	769	0.74%	65,678	63.47%	103,484
Roanoke City	22,286	56.47%	14,789	37.47%	1,316	3.33%	413	1.05%	411	1.04%	251	0.64%	7,497	19.00%	39,466
Salem City	4,202	34.37%	7,226	59.11%	442	3.62%	158	1.29%	92	0.75%	105	0.86%	−3,024	−24.74%	12,225
Staunton City	5,333	47.38%	5,133	45.61%	419	3.72%	159	1.41%	109	0.97%	102	0.91%	200	1.78%	11,255
Suffolk City	23,280	53.84%	18,006	41.64%	1,098	2.54%	436	1.01%	223	0.52%	197	0.46%	5,274	12.20%	43,240
Virginia Beach City	91,032	44.79%	98,224	48.32%	8,255	4.06%	2,237	1.10%	1,737	0.85%	1,777	0.87%	−7,192	−3.54%	203,262
Waynesboro City	3,764	40.90%	4,801	52.16%	336	3.65%	145	1.58%	74	0.80%	84	0.91%	−1,037	−11.27%	9,204
Williamsburg City	5,206	68.27%	1,925	25.24%	231	3.03%	100	1.31%	84	1.10%	80	1.05%	3,281	43.02%	7,626
Winchester City	5,164	48.41%	4,790	44.90%	400	3.75%	128	1.20%	99	0.93%	86	0.81%	374	3.51%	10,667
Totals	1,981,473	49.73%	1,769,443	44.41%	118,274	2.97%	54,054	1.36%	27,638	0.69%	33,749	0.85%	212,030	5.32%	3,984,631

Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Buckingham (largest town: Dillwyn)
• Caroline (largest town: Bowling Green)
• Chesapeake (independent city)
• Covington (independent city)
• Essex (largest town: Tappahannock)
• Nelson (largest community: Nellysford)
• Westmoreland (largest town: Colonial Beach)

Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Montgomery (largest town: Blacksburg)

By congressional district

Trump won 6 of 11 congressional districts, while Clinton won 5, including one held by a Republican. ^[24]

District	Clinton	Trump	Representative
1st	41%	53%	Rob Wittman
2nd	45%	48%	Scott Rigell
			Scott Taylor
3rd	63%	32%	Robert C. Scott
4th	58%	37%	Randy Forbes
			Donald McEachin
5th	42%	53%	Robert Hurt
			Tom Garrett Jr.
6th	35%	59%	Bob Goodlatte
7th	44%	50%	Dave Brat
8th	72%	21%	Don Beyer
9th	27%	68%	Morgan Griffith
10th	52%	42%	Barbara Comstock
11th	66%	27%	Gerry Connolly

See also

• Democratic Party of Virginia
• Republican Party of Virginia
• Libertarian Party of Virginia
• Green Party of Virginia

Notes

1. The other ten are Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Texas, and Utah

References

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External links

• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process November 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions