1976 United States presidential election in Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in Virginia Virginia presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in Virginia 1972 1980 United States presidential election in Virginia 1980 November 2, 1976 80.8%Registration/Turnout Reports - Summary of Virginia Registration & Turnout Statistics https://www.elections.virginia.gov/resultsreports/registrationturnout-statistics/ Virginia Department of Elections x200px Gerald Ford, second official portrait of the President of the United States, February 1976 (HQ) (cropped closer).jpg Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Michigan Bob Dole 12 836,554 49.29% Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 813,896 47.96% 435px 435px County and independent city results Ford #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) 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,Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007 Heinemann Ronald L. 357 2008 Charlottesville University of Virginia Press 978-0813927695 alongside the Shenandoah Valley,Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority 260–266 0870000586 1969 being amongst the first traditionally Democratic areas of the former Confederacy to turn Republican at both the presidential level and in federal congressional elections.Atkinson Frank B. The Dynamic Dominion: Realignment and the Rise of Two-party Competition in Virginia, 1945-1980 2006 9780742552098 Rowman & Littlefield 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,Bass Jack De Vries Walter The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Change and Political Consequence Since 1945 1995 347–353 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,Evans Rowland Novak Robert October 16, 1972 Consider Virginia: McGovern, Nixon Creating a No-Party System in South 7–A The Miami Herald 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.Bass; De Vries. The Transformation of Southern Politics, p. 360 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. 2016 11 As of the 2024 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.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Campaign 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.Scene of Final Debate: In Virginia, Ford and Carter Even The Sentinel Carlisle, Pennsylvania October 18, 1976 5 The debate was moderated by Barbara Walters from ABC News and was sponsored by the League of Women Voters.1976 Debates https://www.debates.org/debate-history/1976-debates/ October 3, 2024 The Commission on presidential Debates Among white voters, 56% supported Ford while 40% supported Carter.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Virginia was the only southern state to support Ford.Black Black 1992 334 Predictions SourceRankingAs ofSimpson's Leader-TimesLambert Robert Opinion Divided on Result of Old Dominion Balloting October 16, 1976 4 Simpson's Leader-Times Kittanning, PennsylvaniaTossupOctober 16, 1976The SentinelTossupOctober 18, 1976Daily PressFord Pads Lead in Virginia Poll Daily Press Newport News, Virginia 1 October 24, 1976Lean ROctober 24, 1976Kansas City TimesLastelic Joseph A. Mid-South Favours Carter Kansas City Times Kansas City, Missouri 10 October 26, 1976Lean ROctober 24, 1976Daily NewsConvention Wounds Remain Daily News New York City October 27, 1976 C 23Likely ROctober 27, 1976Austin American-StatesmanOctober 31, 1976 Electoral Votes: A Photo Finish — Polls A1, A6 Austin American-StatesmanTossupOctober 31, 1976 New York TimesR.W. Apple Jr. November 1, 1976 Presidential Race Called Very Close On Eve Of The Vote The New York Times 122965968Lean RNovember 1, 1976 Results 1976 United States presidential election in VirginiaStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf Clerk of the House of Representatives 49PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral 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 County orcityOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2362 VA US President Race, November 02, 1976Gerald FordRepublicanJimmy CarterDemocraticPeter CamejoSocialist WorkersThomas AndersonAmericanLyndon LaRoucheU.S. LaborRoger MacBrideLibertarianMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%#%#%#%Accomack4,49447.13%4,80750.41%870.91%900.94%400.42%180.19%-313-3.28%9,536Albemarle9,08454.62%7,31043.95%220.13%580.35%490.29%1090.66%1,77410.67%16,632Alexandria16,88044.53%19,85852.38%5681.50%3710.98%1090.29%1240.33%-2,978-7.85%37,910Alleghany1,75641.17%2,46257.73%140.33%190.45%90.21%50.12%-706-16.56%4,265Amelia1,63447.25%1,71549.60%90.26%561.62%361.04%80.23%-81-2.35%3,458Amherst3,95650.87%3,67547.26%230.30%440.57%490.63%290.37%2813.61%7,776Appomattox1,96450.84%1,70244.06%792.05%802.07%290.75%90.23%2626.78%3,863Arlington30,97247.95%32,53650.37%3530.55%3870.60%1210.19%2300.36%-1,564-2.42%64,599Augusta8,45257.53%5,62638.29%2071.41%3152.14%590.40%330.22%2,82619.24%14,692Bath88845.96%1,02953.26%20.10%80.41%30.16%20.10%-141-7.30%1,932Bedford4,18945.31%4,76651.55%1211.31%1351.46%240.26%110.12%-577-6.24%9,246Bedford City1,04345.47%1,12248.91%672.92%512.22%60.26%50.22%-79-3.44%2,294Bland1,04751.91%96147.65%10.05%50.25%20.10%10.05%864.26%2,017Botetourt3,34344.14%4,02153.10%831.10%700.92%380.50%180.24%-678-8.96%7,573Bristol2,94346.27%3,34352.55%100.16%230.36%250.39%170.27%-400-6.28%6,361Brunswick2,38742.11%3,07154.18%560.99%410.72%591.04%540.95%-684-12.07%5,668Buchanan3,85035.89%5,79153.98%5925.52%3673.42%1040.97%240.22%-1,941-18.09%10,728Buckingham1,48739.57%2,17957.98%200.53%270.72%300.80%150.40%-692-18.41%3,758Buena Vista77141.61%99353.59%613.22%532.80%130.69%30.16%-222-11.98%1,853Campbell7,44260.78%4,35435.56%1561.27%1991.63%650.53%290.24%3,08825.22%12,245Caroline1,64834.36%3,06463.89%230.48%210.44%270.56%130.27%-1,416-29.53%4,796Carroll4,82053.75%4,01044.71%150.17%480.54%580.65%170.19%8109.04%8,968Charles City43922.50%1,45574.58%180.92%120.62%190.97%80.41%-1,016-52.08%1,951Charlotte2,02346.04%2,31252.62%120.27%340.77%100.23%30.07%-289-6.58%4,394Charlottesville6,67348.11%6,84649.36%1100.79%1050.76%540.39%810.58%-173-1.25%13,869Chesapeake12,85139.96%17,65154.89%8702.71%5761.79%1430.44%660.21%-4,800-14.93%32,157Chesterfield27,81265.54%14,12633.29%670.16%1680.40%1530.36%1100.26%13,68632.25%42,436Clarke1,44051.54%1,27645.67%140.50%190.68%341.22%110.39%1645.87%2,794Clifton Forge77040.68%99352.46%613.22%532.80%130.69%30.16%-223-11.78%1,893Colonial Heights4,29161.88%2,40934.74%460.66%1331.92%390.56%160.23%1,88227.14%6,934Covington1,17337.06%1,82057.50%1033.25%471.48%180.57%40.13%-647-20.44%3,165Craig54632.75%1,10366.17%110.66%10.06%60.36%00.00%-557-33.42%1,667Culpeper3,65954.64%2,89243.19%460.69%560.84%220.33%210.31%76711.45%6,696Cumberland1,28446.57%1,30247.23%782.83%551.99%160.58%220.80%-18-0.66%2,757Danville10,23559.46%6,42537.33%1981.15%2311.34%950.55%280.16%3,81022.13%17,212Dickenson3,47142.28%4,58355.83%210.26%510.62%730.89%100.12%-1,112-13.55%8,209Dinwiddie2,41337.28%3,87359.83%520.80%320.49%761.17%270.42%-1,460-22.55%6,473Emporia1,05552.23%89944.50%130.64%130.64%301.49%100.50%1567.73%2,020Essex1,38050.55%1,30647.84%100.37%190.70%120.44%30.11%742.71%2,730Fairfax110,42453.62%92,03744.69%1,2690.62%1,2580.61%3230.16%6460.31%18,3878.93%205,957Fairfax City4,17453.36%3,46444.28%680.87%841.07%90.12%240.31%7109.08%7,823Falls Church2,32350.63%2,20247.99%90.20%270.59%90.20%180.39%1212.64%4,588Fauquier4,71551.75%4,00243.92%1791.96%1621.78%310.34%220.24%7137.83%9,111Floyd2,07152.76%1,72844.03%220.56%441.12%471.20%130.33%3438.73%3,925Fluvanna1,29646.79%1,41551.08%110.40%100.36%230.83%150.54%-119-4.29%2,770Franklin3,53234.63%6,43963.13%660.65%50.05%700.69%370.36%-2,907-28.50%10,199Franklin City1,12749.21%1,11648.73%70.31%100.44%190.83%110.48%110.48%2,290Frederick5,16259.52%3,38939.08%150.17%540.62%300.35%220.25%1,77320.44%8,672Fredericksburg2,52749.07%2,55049.51%100.19%110.21%330.64%190.37%-23-0.44%5,150Galax1,12847.59%1,21851.39%50.21%80.34%60.25%50.21%-90-3.80%2,370Giles2,73140.53%3,77956.08%811.20%711.05%550.82%220.33%-1,048-15.55%6,739Gloucester3,02547.24%3,15649.28%1041.62%610.95%390.61%190.30%-131-2.04%6,404Goochland2,10447.23%2,25950.71%330.74%200.45%220.49%170.38%-155-3.48%4,455Grayson3,02148.33%3,14650.33%170.27%50.08%360.58%60.10%-125-2.00%6,251Greene1,09551.41%89542.02%552.58%582.72%130.61%140.66%2009.39%2,130Greensville1,13731.18%2,41366.18%250.69%260.71%360.99%90.25%-1,276-35.00%3,646Halifax4,04546.51%4,35250.04%1081.24%1031.18%700.80%190.22%-307-3.53%8,697Hampton15,02141.67%19,20253.27%1,0332.85%5831.61%1170.32%920.25%-4,001-11.60%36,048Hanover11,55964.72%6,06933.98%250.14%920.52%770.43%370.21%5,49030.74%17,859Harrisonburg3,37663.01%1,80333.65%530.99%861.61%190.35%210.39%1,57329.36%5,358Henrico45,40565.82%21,72931.50%6270.91%9091.32%1620.23%1490.22%23,67634.32%68,981Henry5,61235.02%9,68060.41%3792.37%2331.45%950.59%250.16%-4,068-25.39%16,024Highland62955.57%49343.55%10.09%70.62%10.09%10.09%13612.02%1,132Hopewell3,76448.21%3,69147.28%1792.29%991.27%530.68%210.27%730.93%7,807Isle of Wight2,71838.78%4,14559.14%400.57%400.57%500.71%160.23%-1,427-20.36%7,009James City3,18649.36%3,00046.48%1592.46%671.04%230.36%190.29%1862.88%6,454King and Queen77839.06%1,11155.77%271.36%190.95%391.96%180.90%-333-16.71%1,992King George1,38346.75%1,51351.15%90.30%240.81%160.54%130.44%-130-4.40%2,958King William1,59750.60%1,50147.56%60.19%110.35%220.70%190.60%963.04%3,156Lancaster2,38158.44%1,58138.81%400.98%400.98%260.64%60.15%80019.63%4,074Lee4,67945.50%5,41552.65%340.33%380.37%970.94%210.20%-736-7.15%10,284Lexington1,02750.47%94546.44%321.57%221.08%40.20%50.25%824.03%2,035Loudoun9,19251.79%7,99545.05%2051.16%2621.48%470.26%470.26%1,1976.74%17,748Louisa2,15141.89%2,85755.64%190.37%210.41%691.34%180.35%-706-13.75%5,135Lunenburg1,81649.73%1,73947.62%300.82%541.48%80.22%50.14%772.11%3,652Lynchburg14,56461.18%8,22734.56%4121.73%4551.91%940.39%520.22%6,33726.62%23,804Madison1,71052.97%1,46645.42%190.59%210.65%60.19%60.19%2647.55%3,228Manassas1,99253.30%1,64644.05%501.34%370.99%50.13%70.19%3469.25%3,737Manassas Park44437.34%70959.63%70.59%191.60%100.84%00.00%-265-22.29%1,189Martinsville3,14745.38%3,49150.34%1442.08%1011.46%340.49%180.26%-344-4.96%6,935Mathews1,90857.77%1,30939.63%210.64%310.94%260.79%80.24%59918.14%3,303Mecklenburg4,42350.44%4,07646.48%770.88%850.97%780.89%300.34%3473.96%8,769Middlesex1,60852.91%1,31243.17%381.25%501.65%180.59%130.43%2969.74%3,039Montgomery7,97150.64%7,53947.89%430.27%530.34%640.41%720.46%4322.75%15,742Nelson1,51637.65%2,42660.24%120.30%200.50%340.84%190.47%-910-22.59%4,027New Kent1,25947.62%1,33850.61%90.34%140.53%170.64%70.26%-79-2.99%2,644Newport News20,91447.01%23,05851.83%760.17%1730.39%1860.42%850.19%-2,144-4.82%44,492Norfolk28,09939.91%39,29555.82%1,5432.19%9861.40%3080.44%1710.24%-11,196-15.91%70,402Northampton2,04343.15%2,45951.93%1162.45%671.41%310.65%190.40%-416-8.78%4,735Northumberland2,16752.52%1,81443.97%591.43%410.99%320.78%130.32%3538.55%4,126Norton57740.35%81156.71%171.19%140.98%60.42%50.35%-234-16.36%1,430Nottoway2,48647.61%2,55848.99%771.47%621.19%290.56%100.19%-72-1.38%5,222Orange2,54949.39%2,30944.74%1272.46%1001.94%490.95%270.52%2404.65%5,161Page3,78051.52%3,40146.35%290.40%490.67%470.64%310.42%3795.17%7,337Patrick2,34943.69%2,74050.96%1041.93%1312.44%470.87%60.11%-391-7.27%5,377Petersburg5,04138.53%7,85260.02%310.24%590.45%700.54%290.22%-2,811-21.49%13,082Pittsylvania9,17351.21%7,92944.26%3331.86%3151.76%1290.72%340.19%1,2446.95%17,913Poquoson1,46155.34%1,14043.18%50.19%140.53%130.49%70.27%32112.16%2,640Portsmouth12,87235.51%22,83763.01%800.22%1690.47%2160.60%720.20%-9,965-27.50%36,246Powhatan2,01055.28%1,52842.02%90.25%461.27%310.85%120.33%48213.26%3,636Prince Edward2,73450.36%2,44845.09%861.58%711.31%621.14%280.52%2865.27%5,429Prince George2,25445.44%2,63053.02%190.38%180.36%270.54%120.24%-376-7.58%4,960Prince William15,44649.00%15,21548.26%3231.02%4051.28%540.17%810.26%2310.74%31,524Pulaski4,76444.84%5,54652.20%870.82%1061.00%960.90%250.24%-782-7.36%10,624Radford1,84444.74%2,24054.34%120.29%60.15%140.34%60.15%-396-9.60%4,122Rappahannock88144.47%1,07154.06%80.40%110.56%50.25%50.25%-190-9.59%1,981Richmond1,39160.80%86437.76%80.35%110.48%110.48%30.13%52723.04%2,288Richmond City37,17644.73%44,68753.77%2530.30%2550.31%4300.52%3090.37%-7,511-9.04%83,110Roanoke13,58750.42%13,12048.69%250.09%1000.37%570.21%590.22%4671.73%26,948Roanoke City14,73841.00%20,69657.57%1410.39%1620.45%1370.38%750.21%-5,958-16.57%35,949Rockbridge2,15743.66%2,52551.11%1162.35%1002.02%310.63%110.22%-368-7.45%4,940Rockingham9,76861.87%5,34933.88%1951.24%3442.18%770.49%560.35%4,41927.99%15,789Russell4,28740.19%6,01456.38%1851.73%1241.16%480.45%90.08%-1,727-16.19%10,667Salem4,19648.29%4,40450.68%110.13%470.54%190.22%130.15%-208-2.39%8,690Scott4,31345.43%4,49647.36%3193.36%2792.94%740.78%130.14%-183-1.93%9,494Shenandoah6,29664.05%3,36434.22%270.27%620.63%540.55%270.27%2,93229.83%9,830Smyth5,03247.29%5,24649.30%1441.35%1641.54%390.37%160.15%-214-2.01%10,641South Boston1,38956.97%1,00141.06%40.16%100.41%220.90%120.49%38815.91%2,438Southampton2,36640.18%3,39957.72%170.29%330.56%611.04%130.22%-1,033-17.54%5,889Spotsylvania3,21042.46%4,21055.69%160.21%380.50%730.97%130.17%-1,000-13.23%7,560Stafford4,45146.84%4,90051.57%190.20%540.57%550.58%230.24%-449-4.73%9,502Staunton4,68159.53%2,95137.53%891.13%951.21%280.36%190.24%1,73022.00%7,863Suffolk6,06638.86%9,24659.24%490.31%680.44%1470.94%330.21%-3,180-20.38%15,609Surry92932.79%1,82964.56%260.92%140.49%190.67%160.56%-900-31.77%2,833Sussex1,36033.22%2,49760.99%1122.74%731.78%451.10%70.17%-1,137-27.77%4,094Tazewell5,56541.41%7,56556.29%940.70%1050.78%920.68%180.13%-2,000-14.88%13,439Virginia Beach34,59354.46%25,82440.66%1,6072.53%1,1431.80%1750.28%1760.28%8,76913.80%63,518Warren2,98545.80%3,22149.42%1392.13%1091.67%450.69%180.28%-236-3.62%6,517Washington6,86548.98%6,54746.71%2872.05%1991.42%950.68%220.16%3182.27%14,015Waynesboro3,52859.64%2,20937.35%751.27%801.35%140.24%90.15%1,31922.29%5,915Westmoreland1,90941.79%2,35551.55%1523.33%1112.43%320.70%90.20%-446-9.76%4,568Williamsburg1,65451.77%1,46845.95%200.63%270.85%70.22%190.59%1865.82%3,195Winchester4,07562.85%2,34636.18%90.14%280.43%170.26%90.14%1,72926.67%6,484Wise5,69142.63%7,13453.43%2331.75%1811.36%900.67%220.16%-1,443-10.80%13,351Wythe4,23151.34%3,57843.42%1852.24%1591.93%790.96%90.11%6537.92%8,241York5,60353.61%4,73645.32%160.15%370.35%330.32%260.25%8678.29%10,451Totals836,55449.29%813,89647.96%17,8021.05%16,6860.98%7,5080.44%4,6480.27%22,6581.33%1,697,094 Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic 16em Arlington Accomack Amelia Alleghany Bath Bedford Botetourt Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham Caroline Charlotte Craig Cumberland Dickenson Diwiddie Fluvanna Franklin Giles Gloucester Goochland Grayson Greensville Halifax Henry Isle of Wight King and Queen King George Lee Louisa Nelson New Kent Northampton Nottoway Patrick Prince George Pulaski Rappahannock Rockbridge Russell Scott Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford Surry Sussex Tazewell Westmoreland Warren County Wise Alexandria Bristol Bedford Buena Vista Charlottesville Chesapeake Clifton Forge Covington Fredericksburg Galax Hampton Martinsville Newport News Norfolk Norton Petersburg Portsmouth Radford Richmond Roanoke Salem Suffolk Results by congressional district Ford won 6 of 10 congressional districts. Ford and Carter each won four districts won by the other party.1981 Politics in America Congressional Quarterly, inc 1234–1251 District Ford Carter RepresentativeVirginia 1 1st47%50%Thomas N. DowningPaul TribleVirginia 2 2nd47%49%G. William WhitehurstVirginia 3 3rd56%42%David E. Satterfield IIIVirginia 4 4th40%57%Robert DanielVirginia 5 5th51%46%Dan DanielVirginia 6 6th49%48%M. Caldwell ButlerVirginia 7 7th54%44%J. Kenneth RobinsonVirginia 8 8th51%47%Herbert HarrisVirginia 9 9th45%51%William C. Wampler Sr.Virginia 10 10th51%47%Joseph L. Fisher References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 Virginia 1976 Category:1976 Virginia elections