1996 United States presidential election in Virginia

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1996 United States presidential election in Virginia
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  1992 November 5, 1996 2000  
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Nominee Bob Dole Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Reform
Home state Kansas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Jack Kemp Al Gore Patrick Choate
Electoral vote1300
Popular vote1,138,3501,091,060159,861
Percentage47.10%45.15%6.62%

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1996 Virginia presidental Election results by district.svg
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President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Virginia was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), 47.10 percent to 45.15 percent over incumbent President Bill Clinton (D-AR) producing a margin of 1.95 percentage points. [1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 6.62% of the popular vote.

Virginia was also the only state Bill Clinton lost twice but Hillary Clinton won, as she managed a 5 percentage point victory in the state in 2016. As of the 2024 presidential election , this was also the last time Bath, Allegheny, Giles, Smyth, Tazewell, Lee, Wise, Dinwiddie, Accomack Counties, and the independent cities of Galax and Buena Vista voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [2] The election was, however, the first time the Democratic presidential nominee had carried Prince Edward County – famous for its Civil Rights-era school desegregation cases – since Harry S. Truman in 1948, [a] and the first time since 1968 that Essex County had voted Democratic. [3]

In this election, Virginia voted 10.47 points to the right of the nation at-large. [4] This election remains the only time in history that a Democratic president has won re-election without carrying Virginia. As of 2024 , this also marked the last time a Democrat was elected without winning Virginia, and the last occasion Virginia would vote to the right of Georgia.

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Virginia [5]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Bob Dole Jack Kemp 1,138,35047.10%13
Democratic Bill Clinton (inc.) Al Gore (incumbent)1,091,06045.15%0
Reform Ross Perot Patrick Choate 159,8616.62%0
U.S. Taxpayers' Party Howard Phillips Albion W. Knight Jr. [1] [6] 13,6870.57%0
Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 9,1740.38%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 4,5100.19%0
Totals2,416,642100.00%13

By city/county

County/City [7] Bob Dole
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Ross Perot
Reform
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Accomack 5,01343.02%5,22044.79%1,21810.45%2031.74%-207-1.77%11,654
Albemarle 15,24348.81%14,08945.12%1,5334.91%3631.16%1,1543.69%31,228
Alexandria 15,55434.26%27,96861.60%1,4723.24%4050.89%-12,414-27.34%45,399
Alleghany 2,01539.71%2,39847.26%60711.96%541.06%-383-7.55%5,074
Amelia 2,11951.13%1,62539.21%3237.79%771.86%49411.92%4,144
Amherst 5,09446.63%4,86444.53%8357.64%1311.20%2302.10%10,924
Appomattox 2,62547.93%2,23940.88%5109.31%1031.88%3867.05%5,477
Arlington 26,10634.63%45,57360.46%2,7823.69%9151.21%-19,467-25.83%75,376
Augusta 13,45860.89%5,96526.99%1,9168.67%7633.45%7,49333.90%22,102
Bath 84741.30%92244.95%24712.04%351.71%-75-3.65%2,051
Bedford 11,95554.07%7,78635.22%1,9768.94%3921.77%4,16918.85%22,109
Bedford City 99042.84%1,06546.08%2129.17%441.90%-75-3.24%2,311
Bland 1,16746.00%93937.01%38515.18%461.81%2288.99%2,537
Botetourt 6,40451.73%4,57636.96%1,1389.19%2622.12%1,82814.77%12,380
Bristol 2,98349.50%2,58642.91%4297.12%280.46%3976.59%6,026
Brunswick 2,05934.79%3,44258.16%3405.75%771.30%-1,383-23.37%5,918
Buchanan 2,78526.96%6,55163.40%8588.30%1381.34%-3,766-36.44%10,332
Buckingham 1,97440.70%2,37448.95%3928.08%1102.27%-400-8.25%4,850
Buena Vista 71334.66%1,09052.99%21610.50%381.85%-377-18.33%2,057
Campbell 10,27354.35%6,78835.91%1,5057.96%3361.78%3,48518.44%18,902
Caroline 2,81638.65%3,89753.49%5217.15%510.70%-1,081-14.84%7,285
Carroll 5,08851.04%3,61136.22%1,15811.62%1121.12%1,47714.82%9,969
Charles City 72926.16%1,84266.09%1786.39%381.36%-1,113-39.93%2,787
Charlotte 2,10345.58%2,00743.50%4319.34%731.58%962.08%4,614
Charlottesville 4,09131.99%7,91661.90%5654.42%2171.70%-3,825-29.91%12,789
Chesapeake 29,25146.66%28,71345.80%4,4567.11%2660.42%5380.86%62,686
Chesterfield 56,65060.71%30,22032.39%6,0046.43%4310.46%26,43028.32%93,305
Clarke 2,20148.17%1,90641.72%3798.30%831.82%2956.45%4,569
Clifton Forge 48629.62%97459.35%1478.96%342.07%-488-29.73%1,641
Colonial Heights 4,63266.62%1,78225.63%5187.45%210.30%2,85040.99%6,953
Covington 76331.10%1,39456.83%25510.40%411.67%-631-25.73%2,453
Craig 97945.35%89541.45%26212.14%231.07%843.90%2,159
Culpeper 5,68853.90%3,90737.02%7877.46%1711.62%1,78116.88%10,553
Cumberland 1,54448.40%1,30340.85%2758.62%682.13%2417.55%3,190
Danville 9,25449.97%8,16844.11%7624.11%3351.81%1,0865.86%18,519
Dickenson 2,22932.45%3,91356.97%6609.61%660.96%-1,684-24.52%6,868
Dinwiddie 3,50342.90%3,87147.40%6668.16%1261.54%-368-4.50%8,166
Emporia 83540.65%1,10353.70%984.77%180.88%-268-13.05%2,054
Essex 1,62746.05%1,66847.21%1885.32%501.42%-41-1.16%3,533
Fairfax 176,03348.19%170,15046.58%16,1344.42%2,9460.81%5,8831.61%365,263
Fairfax City 4,31949.39%3,90944.70%4224.83%951.09%4104.69%8,745
Falls Church 1,64438.38%2,37555.44%2024.72%631.47%-731-17.06%4,284
Fauquier 11,06357.45%6,75935.10%1,2876.68%1490.77%4,30422.35%19,258
Floyd 2,37448.07%1,90938.65%54511.03%1112.25%4659.42%4,939
Fluvanna 3,44251.66%2,67640.16%4576.86%881.32%76611.50%6,663
Franklin 7,38243.46%7,30042.97%2,01511.86%2901.71%820.49%16,987
Franklin City 1,20035.45%1,96257.96%2015.94%220.65%-762-22.51%3,385
Frederick 10,60857.61%5,97632.46%1,5998.68%2291.24%4,63225.15%18,412
Fredericksburg 2,57941.84%3,21552.16%3004.87%701.14%-636-10.32%6,164
Galax 91041.72%1,03347.36%22110.13%170.78%-123-5.64%2,181
Giles 2,56638.15%3,19647.52%84112.50%1231.83%-630-9.37%6,726
Gloucester 6,44751.20%4,71037.40%1,26610.05%1701.35%1,73713.80%12,593
Goochland 4,11955.47%2,78437.49%4245.71%981.32%1,33517.98%7,425
Grayson 3,00446.92%2,66141.56%67510.54%630.98%3435.36%6,403
Greene 2,35155.29%1,44033.87%3468.14%1152.70%91121.42%4,252
Greensville 1,17630.60%2,38161.96%2636.84%230.60%-1,205-31.36%3,843
Halifax 6,49049.07%5,59942.33%8766.62%2611.97%8916.74%13,226
Hampton 16,59637.29%24,49355.03%2,7836.25%6351.43%-7,897-17.74%44,507
Hanover 22,08663.60%9,88028.45%2,4477.05%3110.90%12,20635.15%34,724
Harrisonburg 4,94555.33%3,34637.44%4344.86%2122.37%1,59917.89%8,937
Henrico 54,43053.37%41,12140.32%5,9205.80%5210.51%13,30913.05%101,992
Henry 9,11043.64%9,06143.41%2,37011.35%3331.60%490.23%20,874
Highland 63151.68%44636.53%13410.97%100.82%18515.15%1,221
Hopewell 3,49349.46%2,86840.61%5507.79%1512.14%6258.85%7,062
Isle of Wight 5,41647.64%4,95243.56%8937.85%1080.95%4644.08%11,369
James City 10,12054.45%7,24738.99%1,1166.00%1030.55%2,87315.46%18,586
King and Queen 1,07338.93%1,39350.54%2137.73%772.79%-320-11.61%2,756
King George 2,59753.62%1,87538.72%3417.04%300.62%72214.90%4,843
King William 2,34652.49%1,76539.49%3397.59%190.43%58113.00%4,469
Lancaster 2,70955.36%1,84437.69%3246.62%160.33%86517.67%4,893
Lee 3,22537.48%4,44451.65%8229.55%1131.31%-1,219-14.17%8,604
Lexington 85041.56%1,05951.78%1125.48%241.17%-209-10.22%2,045
Loudoun 25,71552.13%19,94240.43%3,0826.25%5911.20%5,77311.70%49,330
Louisa 3,76845.27%3,76145.19%6938.33%1011.21%70.08%8,323
Lunenburg 2,06346.26%1,99544.73%2996.70%1032.31%681.53%4,460
Lynchburg 11,44149.72%10,28144.68%1,1555.02%1350.59%1,1605.04%23,012
Madison 2,29650.91%1,73438.45%3607.98%1202.66%56212.46%4,510
Manassas 5,79952.91%4,37839.95%6706.11%1131.03%1,42112.96%10,960
Manassas Park 91649.84%74840.70%1518.22%231.25%1689.14%1,838
Martinsville 2,44641.87%2,94150.34%3876.62%681.16%-495-8.47%5,842
Mathews 2,20651.78%1,60237.61%4039.46%491.15%60414.17%4,260
Mecklenburg 4,93348.00%4,40842.89%7897.68%1481.44%5255.11%10,278
Middlesex 2,14149.83%1,70439.66%3508.15%1022.37%43710.17%4,297
Montgomery 10,51743.28%10,86744.72%2,59410.68%3201.32%-350-1.44%24,298
Nelson 1,98837.77%2,78252.85%4117.81%831.58%-794-15.08%5,264
New Kent 2,85254.15%1,85935.30%5209.87%360.68%99318.85%5,267
Newport News 23,07242.50%27,67850.98%3,0905.69%4480.83%-4,606-8.48%54,288
Norfolk 18,69331.09%37,65562.63%3,4355.71%3410.57%-18,962-31.54%60,124
Northampton 1,76335.63%2,56951.92%52210.55%941.90%-806-16.29%4,948
Northumberland 2,60551.81%1,95738.92%3757.46%911.81%64812.89%5,028
Norton 41630.10%80258.03%1389.99%261.88%-386-27.93%1,382
Nottoway 2,41646.34%2,32744.63%3466.64%1252.40%891.71%5,214
Orange 4,43549.79%3,59040.30%7508.42%1331.49%8459.49%8,908
Page 3,87651.83%2,86838.35%6408.56%951.27%1,00813.48%7,479
Patrick 3,54752.39%2,30133.98%71910.62%2043.01%1,24618.41%6,771
Petersburg 2,26120.76%8,10574.43%4233.88%1010.93%-5,844-53.67%10,890
Pittsylvania 12,12755.85%7,68135.37%1,4696.77%4372.01%4,44620.48%21,714
Poquoson 3,42264.86%1,40926.71%4007.58%450.85%2,01338.15%5,276
Portsmouth 10,68630.18%22,15062.55%2,2386.32%3350.95%-11,464-32.37%35,409
Powhatan 4,67961.22%2,25429.49%6268.19%841.10%2,42531.73%7,643
Prince Edward 2,53044.56%2,67847.16%4037.10%671.18%-148-2.60%5,678
Prince George 5,21654.86%3,49836.79%6987.34%951.00%1,71818.07%9,507
Prince William 39,29250.09%33,46242.66%4,8816.22%8081.03%5,8307.43%78,443
Pulaski 5,38743.78%5,33343.34%1,39911.37%1851.50%540.44%12,304
Radford 1,74240.67%2,11349.33%3818.90%471.10%-371-8.66%4,283
Rappahannock 1,50547.31%1,40544.17%2136.70%581.82%1003.14%3,181
Richmond 1,42450.91%1,10139.36%2017.19%712.54%32311.55%2,797
Richmond City 20,99331.30%42,27363.02%2,7624.12%1,0501.57%-21,280-31.72%67,078
Roanoke 20,70052.51%15,38739.03%2,9347.44%4001.01%5,31313.48%39,421
Roanoke City 12,28338.37%17,28253.98%2,1696.77%2820.88%-4,999-15.61%32,016
Rockbridge 3,27444.98%3,11642.81%76010.44%1291.77%1582.17%7,279
Rockingham 14,03564.66%5,86727.03%1,3186.07%4872.24%8,16837.63%21,707
Russell 3,70636.59%5,43753.68%8628.51%1231.21%-1,731-17.09%10,128
Salem 4,93648.97%4,28242.48%7967.90%650.64%6546.49%10,079
Scott 4,08647.66%3,44940.23%7989.31%2402.80%6377.43%8,573
Shenandoah 7,44056.02%4,22431.81%1,35310.19%2631.98%3,21624.21%13,280
Smyth 4,96642.74%4,99042.95%1,40712.11%2562.20%-24-0.21%11,619
Southampton 2,27533.88%3,45451.44%5648.40%4226.28%-1,179-17.56%6,715
Spotsylvania 13,78652.62%10,34239.48%1,8607.10%2090.80%3,44413.14%26,197
Stafford 14,09854.04%9,90237.95%1,8567.11%2330.89%4,19616.09%26,089
Staunton 4,52653.66%3,16237.49%6057.17%1421.68%1,36416.17%8,435
Suffolk 8,57241.30%10,82752.17%1,2666.10%890.43%-2,255-10.87%20,754
Surry 94432.13%1,75359.67%1816.16%602.04%-809-27.54%2,938
Sussex 1,37836.34%2,08955.09%2566.75%691.82%-711-18.75%3,792
Tazewell 6,13139.71%7,50048.58%1,55410.06%2551.65%-1,369-8.87%15,440
Virginia Beach 63,74150.61%52,14241.40%9,3287.41%7320.58%11,5999.21%125,943
Warren 4,65748.25%3,81439.52%9049.37%2772.87%8438.73%9,652
Washington 9,09850.07%6,93938.19%1,6549.10%4782.63%2,15911.88%18,169
Waynesboro 3,46652.71%2,39836.47%4627.03%2503.80%1,06816.24%6,576
Westmoreland 2,33340.31%2,94950.95%4277.38%791.36%-616-10.64%5,788
Williamsburg 1,56043.43%1,82050.67%1624.51%501.39%-260-7.24%3,592
Winchester 3,68150.97%3,02741.91%4346.01%801.11%6549.06%7,222
Wise 4,66035.59%6,71251.27%1,47811.29%2421.85%-2,052-15.68%13,092
Wythe 4,27449.99%3,27538.31%95511.17%450.53%99911.68%8,549
York 11,39654.95%7,73137.28%1,4697.08%1420.68%3,66517.67%20,738
Totals1,138,35047.10%1,091,06045.15%159,8616.62%27,3711.13%47,2901.95%2,416,642

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties and Independent Cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. Prince Edward County did, at the height of "Massive Resistance" give a majority to "States' Rights" candidate T. Coleman Andrews in 1956.

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