1968 United States presidential election in Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States presidential election in Virginia Virginia presidential no 1964 United States presidential election in Virginia 1964 1972 United States presidential election in Virginia 1972 November 5, 1968 50.1% (voting age)https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/1972/demo/p25-479.pdf Population Estimates and Projections x165px Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) New YorkAlthough he was born in California and he served as a U.S. senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon's official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election. Spiro Agnew 12 590,319 43.41% Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 0 442,387 32.53% George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace American Independent Party Alabama Curtis LeMay 0 320,272 23.55% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 435px County and independent city results 435px Congressional district results 435px Nixon #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Humphrey #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #1666cb 70–80% Wallace #ffccaa 30–40% #ffb380 40–50% #ff9955 50–60% ff9955 The 1968 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. For over sixty years Virginia had had the most restricted electorate in the United States due to a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests.Kousser J. Morgan The Shaping of Southern Politics Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910 Yale University Press 178–181 0-300-01696-4 Virginia would be almost entirely controlled by the conservative Democratic Byrd Organization for four decades,Key Valdimer Orlando Southern Politics in State and Nation 1949 20–25 although during the organization's last twenty years of controlling the state it would direct many Virginia voters away from the national Democratic Party due to opposition to black civil rights and to the fiscal liberalism of the New Deal.Ely James W. The crisis of conservative Virginia: the Byrd organization and the politics of massive resistance 16 0870491881 After the Twenty-Fourth Amendment and Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, the state's electorate would substantially expand, since the lower classes were no longer burdened by poll taxes. At the same time, the postwar Republican trend of the Northeast-aligned Washington D.C. and Richmond suburbs, which had begun as early as 1944, would accelerateAtkinson Frank B. The Dynamic Dominion: Realignment and the Rise of Two-party Competition in Virginia, 1945-1980 2006 9780742552098 Rowman & Littlefield and become intensified by the mobilisation of working-class Piedmont whites against a national Democratic Party strongly associated with black interests.Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority 260–266 0870000586 1969 Campaign Among white voters, 51% supported Nixon, 28% supported Wallace, and 21% supported Humphrey.Black Black 1992 147Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 The Virginia Conservative Party, a pro-segregationist political party in a 1967 party convention, unanimously named George Wallace as president and Ronald Reagan as vice president. Neither Wallace nor Reagan wanted to be on their ticket. Wallace did not like the idea, as he thought it would take away votes from his party, and efforts were made to remove them. This was eventually successful, but the Conservative Party did support Wallace in the end.Sweeney James R. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1126&context=history_etds The Virginia Conservative Party, 1965-1969 1999 1967-1968 Predictions The following newspapers gave these predictions about how Virginia would vote in the 1968 presidential election: SourceRankingAs ofFort Worth Star-TelegramBroder David S. As Campaign Heats Up, Electoral Vote Pattern Favors GOP Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Washington Post September 14, 1968 6-ATossupSeptember 14, 1968Pensacola News JournalWho's on Top? Humphrey? Nixon? Wallace? — Here's a Capsule Version of election Outlook Across Nation Pensacola News Journal September 23, 1968 8BTilt R flipSeptember 23, 1968Daily PressMurray David Wallace Might Take 6 Southern States 51 Daily Press Newport News, VirginiaLean R flipOctober 11, 1968The Charlotte NewsIn South It's Nixon vs. Wallace The Charlotte News Charlotte, North Carolina October 12, 1968 1, 3Likely R flipOctober 12, 1968Shreveport TimesBroder David S. After Hoopla Finished, Nixon Still Winning, Survey Shows Shreveport Times November 3, 1968 4-BLean R flipNovember 3, 1968The Selma Times-JournalSummary of 50 States on Coming Election The Selma Times-Journal Selma, Alabama November 3, 1968 5Likely R flipNovember 3, 1968The Roanoke TimesCarico Melville November 3, 1968 Election Fever Grips Virginia 1 The Roanoke Times Roanoke, VirginiaLikely R flipNovember 3, 1968Fort Lauderdale NewsLawrence David As Editors' Forecast Returns: Nixon 37, Humphrey 7, Wallace 7 Fort Lauderdale News November 4, 1968 11ALikely R flipNovember 4, 1968 Analysis Virginia was won by Republican nominee and former Vice President Richard Nixon of California with 43.41 percent of the vote, against incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota with 32.53 percent and former Alabama Governor George Wallace who gained 23.55 percent. Nixon also won the national election with 43.42 percent of the vote. Regardless, all candidates had strong regional support in the state; Nixon's votes came mostly from Northern Virginia and the Appalachian Mountain areas, while Humphrey's votes were mainly from the Tidewater region and unionized coal counties in Southwest Virginia,Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 207 which had both benefited from increased voter registration under the Voting Rights Act and been centres of opposition to the Byrd Organization in previous generations. Wallace received his core support in the Southern Virginia counties,Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1968&fips=51&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Virginia where the core of Byrd machine power had been located.Ely. The crisis of conservative Virginia, pp. 12-13 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Powhatan County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. It is also the last occasion when Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County and Pittsylvania County have not voted for the Republican nominee.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Essex County would not vote Democratic again until 1996, and James City County would not vote Democratic again until 2020.Menendez Albert J. 2005 Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 326–331 0786422173 Nixon's victory was the first of ten consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Virginia would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Barack Obama in 2008. Since 2008, Virginia has always voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. Results 1968 United States presidential election in VirginiaStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf Clerk of the House of Representatives 46 & 47PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Richard Nixon 590,319 43.41% 12 Democratic Hubert Humphrey 442,387 32.53% 0 American Independent George Wallace 320,272 23.55% 0 Socialist Labor Henning A. Blomen 4,671 0.34% 0 Peace and Freedom Dick Gregory 1,680 0.12% 0 Prohibition E. Harold Munn 599 0.04% 0 Totals 1,359,928 100.00% 12 Results by county or independent city County orcity1968 President General Election https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/78816/ August 10, 2024 Virginia Department of Elections: Historical Elections Database Richard NixonRepublican Hubert HumphreyDemocratic George WallaceAmerican Independent Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Accomack 3,231 35.19% 2,467 26.87% 3,460 37.69% 23 0.25% -229"WallacedHumphrey" In this county or city where Humphrey ran third behind Wallace, margin given is Nixon vote total minus Wallace vote total. -2.50% 9,181 Albemarle 4,512 53.45% 2,255 26.71% 1,657 19.63% 17 0.20% 2,257 26.74% 8,441 Alexandria 13,265 41.69% 14,351 45.11% 4,131 12.98% 69 0.22% -1,086 -3.42% 31,816 Alleghany 1,649 43.47% 988 26.05% 1,153 30.40% 3 0.08% 496"WallacedHumphrey" 13.07% 3,793 Amelia 857 33.90% 830 32.83% 832 32.91% 9 0.36% 25"WallacedHumphrey" 0.99% 2,528 Amherst 2,656 39.80% 1,543 23.12% 2,449 36.69% 26 0.39% 207"WallacedHumphrey" 3.11% 6,674 Appomattox 1,753 43.42% 756 18.73% 1,512 37.45% 16 0.40% 241"WallacedHumphrey" 5.97% 4,037 Arlington 28,163 45.92% 26,107 42.57% 6,746 11.00% 310 0.51% 2,056 3.35% 61,326 Augusta 6,313 57.92% 2,028 18.61% 2,483 22.78% 76 0.70% 3,830"WallacedHumphrey" 35.14% 10,900 Bath 872 45.97% 494 26.04% 529 27.89% 2 0.11% 343"WallacedHumphrey" 18.08% 1,897 Bedford 2,807 35.80% 1,574 20.08% 3,316 42.30% 143 1.82% -509"WallacedHumphrey" -6.50% 7,840 Bedford City 1,047 43.99% 569 23.91% 679 28.53% 85 3.57% 368"WallacedHumphrey" 15.46% 2,380 Bland 938 50.38% 560 30.08% 361 19.39% 3 0.16% 378 20.30% 1,862 Botetourt 2,598 50.54% 1,272 24.75% 1,267 24.65% 3 0.06% 1,326 25.79% 5,140 Bristol 1,930 44.09% 1,531 34.98% 911 20.81% 5 0.11% 399 9.11% 4,377 Brunswick 1,139 22.13% 1,910 37.11% 2,088 40.57% 10 0.19% -178"WallacedNixon" In this county or city where Nixon ran third behind Wallace, margin given is Humphrey vote minus Wallace vote. -3.46% 5,147 Buchanan 3,699 37.68% 5,003 50.97% 1,067 10.87% 47 0.48% -1,304 -13.29% 9,816 Buckingham 1,027 32.05% 984 30.71% 1,185 36.99% 8 0.25% -158"WallacedHumphrey" -4.94% 3,204 Buena Vista 814 49.04% 387 23.31% 456 27.47% 3 0.18% 358"WallacedHumphrey" 21.57% 1,660 Campbell 5,731 44.73% 1,996 15.58% 4,425 34.54% 659 5.14% 1,306"WallacedHumphrey" 10.19% 12,811 Caroline 1,162 26.25% 2,165 48.92% 1,084 24.49% 15 0.34% -1,003 -22.67% 4,426 Carroll 4,909 64.16% 1,773 23.17% 958 12.52% 11 0.14% 3,136 40.99% 7,651 Charles City 320 16.33% 1,457 74.34% 176 8.98% 7 0.36% -1,137 -58.01% 1,960 Charlotte 1,042 24.43% 1,045 24.50% 2,163 50.72% 15 0.35% -1,118"WallacedNixon" -26.22% 4,265 Charlottesville 5,601 49.41% 3,831 33.80% 1,781 15.71% 122 1.08% 1,770 15.61% 11,335 Chesapeake 6,234 25.18% 6,843 27.64% 11,084 44.77% 599 2.42% -4,241"WallacedNixon" -17.13% 24,760 Chesterfield 22,015 56.03% 5,715 14.54% 11,504 29.28% 58 0.15% 10,511"WallacedHumphrey" 26.75% 39,292 Clarke 1,127 42.62% 768 29.05% 742 28.06% 7 0.26% 359 13.57% 2,644 Clifton Forge 925 43.59% 734 34.59% 462 21.77% 1 0.05% 191 9.00% 2,122 Colonial Heights 2,650 48.96% 650 12.01% 2,106 38.91% 7 0.13% 544"WallacedHumphrey" 10.05% 5,413 Covington 1,551 43.14% 1,195 33.24% 846 23.53% 3 0.08% 356 9.90% 3,595 Craig 581 46.18% 419 33.31% 256 20.35% 2 0.16% 162 12.87% 1,258 Culpeper 2,229 47.49% 1,239 26.40% 1,217 25.93% 9 0.19% 990 21.09% 4,694 Cumberland 844 34.70% 978 40.21% 602 24.75% 8 0.33% -134 -5.51% 2,432 Danville 6,796 40.27% 4,495 26.64% 5,391 31.95% 192 1.14% 1,405"WallacedHumphrey" 8.32% 16,874 Dickenson 3,412 46.01% 3,355 45.25% 639 8.62% 9 0.12% 57 0.76% 7,415 Dinwiddie 1,451 27.60% 1,551 29.50% 2,245 42.70% 10 0.19% -694"WallacedNixon" -13.20% 5,257 Emporia 812 37.06% 657 29.99% 716 32.68% 6 0.27% 96"WallacedHumphrey" 4.38% 2,191 Essex 791 36.55% 897 41.45% 468 21.63% 8 0.37% -106 -4.90% 2,164 Fairfax 57,462 48.98% 44,796 38.18% 14,805 12.62% 256 0.22% 12,666 10.80% 117,319 Fairfax City 2,963 48.70% 2,153 35.39% 959 15.76% 9 0.15% 810 13.31% 6,084 Falls Church 2,005 45.76% 1,860 42.45% 504 11.50% 13 0.30% 145 3.31% 4,382 Fauquier 2,845 43.76% 2,099 32.29% 1,536 23.63% 21 0.32% 746 11.47% 6,501 Floyd 2,275 64.32% 715 20.21% 537 15.18% 10 0.28% 1,560 44.11% 3,537 Fluvanna 913 42.56% 569 26.53% 660 30.77% 3 0.14% 253"WallacedHumphrey" 11.79% 2,145 Franklin 3,036 36.54% 2,025 24.37% 3,219 38.75% 28 0.34% -183"WallacedHumphrey" -2.21% 8,308 Franklin City 951 42.15% 792 35.11% 511 22.65% 2 0.09% 159 7.04% 2,256 Frederick 3,696 49.58% 1,612 21.63% 2,137 28.67% 9 0.12% 1,559"WallacedHumphrey" 20.91% 7,454 Fredericksburg 2,142 42.27% 2,036 40.17% 878 17.32% 12 0.24% 106 2.10% 5,068 Galax 1,257 54.44% 748 32.39% 304 13.17% 0 0.00% 509 22.05% 2,309 Giles 2,722 43.36% 2,045 32.58% 1,372 21.86% 138 2.20% 677 10.78% 6,277 Gloucester 1,619 37.10% 1,210 27.73% 1,526 34.97% 9 0.21% 93"WallacedHumphrey" 2.13% 4,364 Goochland 1,216 35.13% 1,389 40.13% 836 24.15% 20 0.58% -173 -5.00% 3,461 Grayson 3,563 54.09% 1,926 29.24% 1,090 16.55% 8 0.12% 1,637 24.85% 6,587 Greene 856 55.26% 255 16.46% 433 27.95% 5 0.32% 423"WallacedHumphrey" 27.31% 1,549 Greensville 529 16.71% 1,367 43.19% 1,256 39.68% 13 0.41% 111"WallacedNixon" 3.51% 3,165 Halifax 2,634 28.94% 2,199 24.16% 4,235 46.53% 34 0.37% -1,601"WallacedHumphrey" -17.59% 9,102 Hampton 10,532 32.30% 11,308 34.68% 10,690 32.79% 76 0.23% 618"WallacedNixon" 1.89% 32,606 Hanover 5,425 50.01% 2,079 19.17% 3,330 30.70% 13 0.12% 2,095"WallacedHumphrey" 19.31% 10,847 Harrisonburg 2,859 65.69% 1,036 23.81% 453 10.41% 4 0.09% 1,823 41.88% 4,352 Henrico 34,212 62.52% 8,600 15.71% 11,868 21.69% 46 0.08% 22,344"WallacedHumphrey" 40.83% 54,726 Henry 3,946 25.92% 4,175 27.42% 6,802 44.68% 301 1.98% -2,627"WallacedNixon" -17.26% 15,224 Highland 619 57.90% 284 26.57% 166 15.53% 0 0.00% 335 31.33% 1,069 Hopewell 2,942 43.63% 1,568 23.25% 2,092 31.02% 141 2.09% 850"WallacedHumphrey" 12.61% 6,743 Isle of Wight 1,312 23.28% 1,977 35.08% 2,328 41.31% 18 0.32% -351"WallacedNixon" -6.23% 5,635 James City 1,443 35.50% 1,521 37.42% 1,083 26.64% 18 0.44% -78 -1.92% 4,065 King and Queen 568 27.40% 882 42.55% 614 29.62% 9 0.43% 268"WallacedNixon" 12.93% 2,073 King George 829 37.77% 730 33.26% 632 28.79% 4 0.18% 99 4.51% 2,195 King William 1,046 43.03% 764 31.43% 615 25.30% 6 0.25% 282 11.60% 2,431 Lancaster 1,640 44.93% 1,134 31.07% 876 24.00% 0 0.00% 506 13.86% 3,650 Lee 4,450 47.35% 4,105 43.67% 827 8.80% 17 0.18% 345 3.68% 9,399 Lexington 1,170 56.12% 734 35.20% 177 8.49% 4 0.19% 436 20.92% 2,085 Loudoun 4,577 45.91% 3,262 32.72% 2,117 21.23% 14 0.14% 1,315 13.19% 9,970 Louisa 1,510 38.09% 1,290 32.54% 1,149 28.99% 15 0.38% 220 5.55% 3,964 Lunenburg 1,181 29.44% 1,180 29.41% 1,630 40.63% 21 0.52% -449"WallacedHumphrey" -11.19% 4,012 Lynchburg 9,943 54.34% 4,305 23.53% 3,649 19.94% 402 2.20% 5,638 30.81% 18,299 Madison 1,188 48.71% 478 19.60% 763 31.28% 10 0.41% 425"WallacedHumphrey" 17.43% 2,439 Martinsville 2,618 35.98% 2,727 37.48% 1,856 25.51% 75 1.03% -109 -1.50% 7,276 Mathews 1,309 47.14% 691 24.88% 773 27.84% 4 0.14% 536"WallacedHumphrey" 19.30% 2,777 Mecklenburg 2,750 29.01% 2,667 28.14% 4,022 42.44% 39 0.41% -1,272"WallacedHumphrey" -13.43% 9,478 Middlesex 809 39.62% 575 28.16% 655 32.08% 3 0.15% 154"WallacedHumphrey" 7.54% 2,042 Montgomery 7,098 61.47% 2,700 23.38% 1,712 14.83% 37 0.32% 4,398 38.09% 11,547 Nansemond 2,101 20.94% 4,174 41.60% 3,723 37.11% 35 0.35% 451"WallacedNixon" 4.49% 10,033 Nelson 1,130 32.98% 1,120 32.69% 1,163 33.95% 13 0.38% -33"WallacedHumphrey" -0.97% 3,426 New Kent 526 27.63% 765 40.18% 609 31.99% 4 0.21% 156"WallacedNixon" 8.19% 1,904 Newport News 12,774 34.46% 13,370 36.07% 10,763 29.04% 162 0.44% -596 -1.61% 37,069 Norfolk 22,302 33.88% 28,477 43.26% 14,500 22.03% 550 0.84% -6,175 -9.38% 65,829 Northampton 1,410 35.48% 1,418 35.68% 1,129 28.41% 17 0.43% -8 -0.20% 3,974 Northumberland 1,438 41.18% 1,077 30.84% 968 27.72% 9 0.26% 361 10.34% 3,492 Norton 495 39.07% 555 43.80% 215 16.97% 2 0.16% -60 -4.73% 1,267 Nottoway 1,614 33.42% 1,529 31.66% 1,673 34.64% 14 0.29% -59"WallacedHumphrey" -1.22% 4,830 Orange 1,727 47.17% 879 24.01% 1,050 28.68% 5 0.14% 677"WallacedHumphrey" 18.49% 3,661 Page 3,667 53.93% 2,125 31.25% 995 14.63% 13 0.19% 1,542 22.68% 6,800 Patrick 2,187 41.46% 1,105 20.95% 1,974 37.42% 9 0.17% 213"WallacedHumphrey" 4.04% 5,275 Petersburg 3,478 31.14% 5,519 49.41% 2,158 19.32% 14 0.13% -2,041 -18.27% 11,169 Pittsylvania 5,096 25.62% 5,427 27.29% 9,302 46.77% 65 0.33% -3,875"WallacedNixon" -19.48% 19,890 Portsmouth 9,402 25.15% 15,734 42.09% 12,127 32.44% 118 0.32% 3,607"WallacedNixon" 9.65% 37,381 Powhatan 722 27.11% 1,004 37.70% 929 34.89% 8 0.30% 75"WallacedNixon" 2.81% 2,663 Prince Edward 1,857 39.80% 1,567 33.58% 1,224 26.23% 18 0.39% 290 6.22% 4,666 Prince George 1,559 32.75% 1,272 26.72% 1,920 40.33% 10 0.21% -361"WallacedHumphrey" -7.58% 4,761 Prince William 7,944 42.51% 5,566 29.79% 5,160 27.61% 16 0.09% 2,378 12.72% 18,686 Pulaski 4,409 53.35% 2,497 30.21% 1,346 16.29% 13 0.16% 1,912 23.14% 8,265 Radford 2,077 55.40% 1,206 32.17% 461 12.30% 5 0.13% 871 23.23% 3,749 Rappahannock 594 43.58% 394 28.91% 372 27.29% 3 0.22% 200 14.67% 1,363 Richmond 1,011 48.86% 490 23.68% 563 27.21% 5 0.24% 448"WallacedHumphrey" 21.65% 2,069 Richmond City 26,380 39.57% 32,857 49.28% 7,325 10.99% 106 0.16% -6,477 -9.71% 66,668 Roanoke 12,439 58.89% 3,902 18.47% 4,745 22.46% 38 0.18% 7,694"WallacedHumphrey" 36.43% 21,124 Roanoke City 15,368 51.21% 9,281 30.93% 5,269 17.56% 90 0.30% 6,087 20.28% 30,008 Rockbridge 2,280 56.80% 845 21.05% 885 22.05% 4 0.10% 1,395"WallacedHumphrey" 34.75% 4,014 Rockingham 7,779 66.40% 2,111 18.02% 1,817 15.51% 8 0.07% 5,668 48.38% 11,715 Russell 3,858 43.49% 3,554 40.06% 1,369 15.43% 91 1.03% 304 3.43% 8,872 Salem 3,955 57.77% 1,369 20.00% 1,507 22.01% 15 0.22% 2,448"WallacedHumphrey" 35.76% 6,846 Scott 5,345 53.54% 3,144 31.49% 1,474 14.76% 21 0.21% 2,201 22.05% 9,984 Shenandoah 5,461 62.91% 1,654 19.05% 1,561 17.98% 5 0.06% 3,807 43.86% 8,681 Smyth 5,297 54.32% 2,631 26.98% 1,808 18.54% 15 0.15% 2,666 27.34% 9,751 South Boston 1,298 50.17% 620 23.97% 662 25.59% 7 0.27% 636"WallacedHumphrey" 24.58% 2,587 Southampton 1,376 26.15% 1,803 34.26% 2,070 39.34% 13 0.25% -267"WallacedNixon" -5.08% 5,262 Spotsylvania 1,675 34.00% 1,647 33.43% 1,589 32.26% 15 0.30% 28 0.57% 4,926 Stafford 2,572 39.68% 1,698 26.20% 2,197 33.89% 15 0.23% 375"WallacedHumphrey" 5.79% 6,482 Staunton 4,434 61.40% 1,729 23.94% 1,054 14.60% 4 0.06% 2,705 37.46% 7,221 Suffolk 1,277 37.95% 1,044 31.03% 1,039 30.88% 5 0.15% 233 6.92% 3,365 Surry 523 22.10% 1,126 47.59% 708 29.92% 9 0.38% 418"WallacedNixon" 17.67% 2,366 Sussex 1,105 29.12% 1,541 40.62% 1,135 29.92% 13 0.34% 406"WallacedNixon" 10.70% 3,794 Tazewell 4,434 39.11% 4,734 41.75% 2,023 17.84% 147 1.30% -300 -2.64% 11,338 Virginia Beach 16,316 43.23% 10,101 26.76% 10,962 29.04% 363 0.96% 5,354"WallacedHumphrey" 14.19% 37,742 Warren 2,297 43.37% 1,513 28.57% 1,479 27.93% 7 0.13% 784 14.80% 5,296 Washington 6,665 51.16% 3,243 24.89% 3,092 23.73% 29 0.22% 3,422 26.27% 13,029 Waynesboro 3,301 61.38% 1,446 26.89% 613 11.40% 18 0.33% 1,855 34.49% 5,378 Westmoreland 1,402 39.99% 1,156 32.97% 943 26.90% 5 0.14% 246 7.02% 3,506 Williamsburg 1,156 46.73% 991 40.06% 247 9.98% 80 3.23% 165 6.67% 2,474 Winchester 2,695 55.76% 1,360 28.14% 770 15.93% 8 0.17% 1,335 27.62% 4,833 Wise 5,004 39.70% 5,942 47.14% 1,635 12.97% 25 0.20% -938 -7.44% 12,606 Wythe 3,638 52.25% 1,765 25.35% 1,377 19.78% 183 2.63% 1,873 26.90% 6,963 York 3,356 36.93% 2,370 26.08% 3,330 36.64% 32 0.35% 26"WallacedHumphrey" 0.29% 9,088Totals590,31943.36%442,38732.49%321,83323.64%6,9520.51%147,93210.87%1,361,491 Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Alleghany Amherst Arlington Bath Bland Botetourt Bristol Buena Vista Charlottesville Clarke Clifton Forge Covington Craig Culpeper Dickenson Fairfax Fairfax City Falls Church Fauquier Franklin Franklin City Fluvanna Fredericksburg Galax Giles Gloucester Grayson King George Lee Loudoun Louisa Patrick Prince William Pulaski Radford Rappahannock Roanoke City Rockbridge Rockingham Russell Scott Smyth Spotsylvania Stafford Suffolk Virginia Beach Warren Washington Waynesboro Westmoreland Williamsburg Winchester York Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic Cumberland Essex Northampton Powhatan Sussex Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to American Independent 20em Accomack Bedford Chesapeake Dinwiddie Franklin Henry Isle of Wight Southampton Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to American Independent 20em Brunswick Buckingham Charlotte Halifax Lunenburg Mecklenburg Nottoway Pittsylvania Prince George Notes References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 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