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| Elections in Virginia |
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The 2024 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential 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. The state of Virginia has 13 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.
Before the election, most news organizations considered Virginia a likely win for Harris. This was the first presidential election in which both major party candidates received more than 2 million votes in Virginia. On election day, Harris won Virginia with 51.83% of the vote, carrying the state by a margin of 5.78%, similar to the 2016 results, albeit slightly wider. In 2016, Virginia U.S. Senator Tim Kaine was the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Kaine also won by a slightly larger 9 percentage point margin in the concurrent 2024 U.S. Senate election in Virginia.
Harris became the first Democratic nominee to win Virginia while losing the nationwide popular vote since 1924, a century earlier. Meanwhile, neighboring West Virginia gave Trump 70% of the vote, with the two states differing by 48 percentage points in margin. Trump became the first president to win two terms without ever carrying Virginia since Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, and the first Republican to do so since William McKinley in 1896 and 1900.
Virginia is the only former Confederate state Trump never won in any of his three runs. Although Virginia swung rightward in 2024, it trended leftward and voted over 7 percentage points to the left of the nation, compared to 5 percentage points in 2020. This was also the first time a Democratic nominee who lost the popular vote won an absolute majority of the vote in Virginia since 1924. [1]
This election confirmed Virginia's status as a blue state. Virginia voted for the loser of the popular vote for the first time since 2000, and the loser of both the electoral vote and popular vote since 1996. This was similar to how Florida in 2024 voted for Trump by over 13%, after Florida in 2020 backed Trump despite him losing both the electoral vote and popular vote. [a]
Democrats would sweep statewide races in the 2025 Virginia elections the next year. Abigail Spanberger won the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election by over 15 percentage points, [2] the first double-digit gubernatorial election victory for Democrats since 1985 and with the largest margin since 1961. Gubernatorial exit polling shows that Harris had won 99% of Spanberger's voters in Virginia. [3]
The Virginia Democratic primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Incumbent president Joe Biden won the state and all 11 of its congressional districts, securing 99 pledged delegates. Activist Marianne Williamson garnered 8% of the vote total, which was her second-best performance on Super Tuesday after Oklahoma.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |||
| Joe Biden (incumbent) | 317,329 | 88.51% | 99 | 99 | |
| Marianne Williamson | 28,599 | 7.98% | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Phillips | 12,586 | 3.51% | 0 | 0 | |
| Total: | 358,514 | 100.00% | 99 | 19 | 118 |
The Virginia Republican primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Former president Donald Trump defeated former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, attaining 42 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention in July. Trump performed best in southwest Virginia, while Haley's strength lay in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, the urban areas of Richmond and the suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 440,416 | 62.99% | 39 | 3 | 42 |
| Nikki Haley | 244,586 | 34.98% | 6 | 6 | |
| Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) | 7,494 | 1.07% | |||
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 3,384 | 0.48% | |||
| Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) | 2,503 | 0.36% | |||
| Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) | 853 | 0.12% | |||
| Total: | 699,236 | 100.00% | 45 | 3 | 48 |
In August 2024, Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order removing 6,303 voters suspected of being non-citizens from Virginia's voter rolls. [6] [7] In October 2024, the Department of Justice sued the Virginia Board of Elections and Virginia commissioner of elections over the voter purge, accusing that it violated the National Voter Registration Act. [8] [9] The suit also found a number of alleged non-citizens purged were actually citizens. [9] [10] District judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ruled that the removal was illegal, ordering the state to stop purging voter rolls and to restore the voter registration of more than 1,600 voters who had been removed. [11] [10] The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals then upheld the order. [12] [13] The administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, which sided with Virginia in a 6–3 decision, allowing the state to continue purging voter rolls. [14] [13]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report [15] | Likely D | June 12, 2024 |
| Inside Elections [16] | Likely D | April 26, 2023 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball [17] | Likely D | August 27, 2024 |
| The Economist [18] | Likely D | September 10, 2024 |
| CNalysis [19] | Solid D | September 15, 2024 |
| CNN [20] | Lean D | August 18, 2024 |
| 538 [21] | Likely D | August 23, 2024 |
| NBC News [22] | Likely D | October 6, 2024 |
| YouGov [23] | Safe D | October 16, 2024 |
| Split Ticket [24] | Likely D | November 1, 2024 |
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump
Aggregate polls
| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Kamala Harris Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Undecided [b] | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270ToWin [25] | October 2 - November 1, 2024 | November 4, 2024 | 49.8% | 41.0% | 9.2% | Harris +8.8% |
| 538 [26] | through November 4, 2024 | November 4, 2024 | 49.9% | 43.7% | 6.4% | Harris +6.2% |
| Silver Bulletin [27] | through November 3, 2024 | November 3, 2024 | 49.5% | 43.2% | 7.3% | Harris +6.3% |
| The Hill/DDHQ [28] | through November 4, 2024 | November 4, 2024 | 50.1% | 45.1% | 4.8% | Harris +5.0% |
| Average | 49.8% | 43.3% | 6.9% | Harris +6.5% | ||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Kamala Harris Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtlasIntel [29] | November 3–4, 2024 | 2,202 (LV) | ± 2.0% | 51% | 46% | 3% |
| Research Co. [30] | November 2–3, 2024 | 450 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 51% | 45% | 4% |
| ActiVote [31] | October 2–28, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 54% | 46% | – |
| Rasmussen Reports (R) [32] [A] | October 24–25, 2024 | 1,014 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 48% | 46% | 6% [d] |
| CES/YouGov [33] | October 1–25, 2024 | 2,027 (A) | – | 53% | 44% | 3% |
| 2,015 (LV) | 53% | 44% | 3% | |||
| Quantus Insights (R) [34] [B] | October 22−24, 2024 | 725 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 49% | 48% | 3% |
| Braun Research [35] [C] | October 19−23, 2024 | 1,004 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 48% | 42% | 9% |
| 1,004 (LV) | 49% | 43% | 8% | |||
| Christopher Newport University [36] | September 28 − October 4, 2024 | 800 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 52% | 41% | 7% [e] |
| Emerson College [37] [D] | September 22−24, 2024 | 860 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 52% | 44% | 4% [f] |
| 53% [g] | 46% | 1% [f] | ||||
| Morning Consult [38] | September 9−18, 2024 | 899 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 51% | 44% | 5% |
| Rasmussen Reports (R) [39] [A] | September 19−22, 2024 | 1,144 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 49% | 46% | 5% |
| ActiVote [40] | August 19 – September 17, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 55% | 45% | – |
| Research America Inc. [41] [E] | September 3−9, 2024 | 1,000 (A) | ± 3.1% | 45% | 45% | 10% [h] |
| 756 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 48% | 46% | 6% [i] | ||
| Washington Post/Schar School [42] | September 4–8, 2024 | 1,005 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 51% | 43% | 6% [j] |
| 1,005 (LV) | 51% | 43% | 6% [j] | |||
| Morning Consult [38] | August 30 – September 8, 2024 | 873 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 52% | 42% | 6% |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspends his presidential campaign and endorses Donald Trump. | ||||||
| Quantus Insights (R) [43] [B] | August 20–22, 2024 | 629 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 47% | 44% | 9% |
| Democratic National Convention | ||||||
| Roanoke College [44] | August 12–16, 2024 | 691 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 47% | 44% | 10% [k] |
| Kamala Harris selects Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. | ||||||
| Joe Biden announces his official withdrawal from the race; Kamala Harris declares her candidacy for president. | ||||||
| Republican National Convention | ||||||
| Emerson College [45] | July 14–15, 2024 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 45% | 47% | 8% |
| Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University [46] | July 14–15, 2024 | 301 (RV) | – | 43% | 44% | 13% [l] |
| 265 (LV) | 43% | 47% | 10% [m] | |||
| attempted assassination of Donald Trump | ||||||
| Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University [46] | July 12–13, 2024 | 617 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 45% | 41% | 14% |
| 544 (LV) | 46% | 42% | 12% | |||
| New York Times/Siena College [47] | July 9–12, 2024 | 661 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 48% | 44% | 8% |
| 661 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 49% | 44% | 7% | ||
| SoCal Strategies (R) [48] [F] | July 6–11, 2024 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 2.1% | 47% | 47% | 6% |
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs Cornel West vs. Jill Stein vs. Chase Oliver
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Kamala Harris Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Cornel West Independent | Jill Stein Green | Chase Oliver Libertarian | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtlasIntel [29] | November 3–4, 2024 | 2,202 (LV) | ± 2.0% | 51% | 45% | – | 2% | 1% | 1% [n] |
| Chism Strategies [49] | October 28–30, 2024 | 520 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 45.2% | 44.5% | – | 1.3% | 0.6% | 8.4% [o] |
| Cygnal (R) [50] | October 27–29, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 50% | 43% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 5% [p] |
| Roanoke College [51] | October 25–29, 2024 | 851 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 51% | 41% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% [q] |
| Virginia Commonwealth University [52] | September 16–25, 2024 | 832 (A) | ± 4.6% | 43% | 37% | 3% | 1% | – | 16% [r] |
| 762 (RV) | 47% | 37% | 2% | 1% | – | 13% [s] | |||
| Washington Post/Schar School [42] | September 4–8, 2024 | 1,005 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 49% | 42% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 7% [t] |
| 1,005 (LV) | 50% | 42% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 6% [t] | |||
| Virginia Commonwealth University [53] | August 26 – September 6, 2024 | 809 (A) | ± 5.0% | 46% | 36% | 2% | 1% | – | 15% [u] |
| 749 (RV) | 49% | 36% | 1% | 1% | – | 13% [v] |
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein vs. Chase Oliver
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Kamala Harris Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Robert Kennedy Jr Independent | Cornel West Independent | Jill Stein Green | Chase Oliver Libertarian | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research America Inc. [41] [E] | September 3−9, 2024 | 1,000 (A) | ± 3.1% | 44% | 44% | 2% | − | 0% | 0% | 10% [w] |
| 756 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 47% | 46% | 2% | − | 0% | 0% | 6% [x] | ||
| Roanoke College [44] | August 12–16, 2024 | 691 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 45% | 42% | 6% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 3% [e] |
| Joe Biden announces his official withdrawal from the race; Kamala Harris declares her candidacy for president. | ||||||||||
| New York Times/Siena College [47] | July 9–12, 2024 | 661 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 41% | 38% | 9% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 11% |
| 661 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 43% | 39% | 7% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 10% | ||
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Kamala Harris Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Robert Kennedy Jr Independent | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden announces his official withdrawal from the race; Kamala Harris declares her candidacy for president. | |||||||
| Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University [46] | July 14–15, 2024 | 301 (RV) | – | 40% | 41% | 7% | 12% [m] |
| 265 (LV) | 41% | 45% | 5% | 9% [y] | |||
| Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University [46] | July 12–13, 2024 | 617 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 41% | 37% | 10% | 12% |
| 544 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 43% | 38% | 10% | 9% | ||
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson College [45] | July 14–15, 2024 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 43% | 45% | 12% |
| 50% [g] | 50% | – | ||||
| Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University [46] | July 14–15, 2024 | 301 (RV) | – | 41% | 44% | 15% [l] |
| 265 (LV) | 44% | 44% | 12% [y] | |||
| Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University [46] | July 12–13, 2024 | 617 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 45% | 41% | 14% |
| 544 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 47% | 42% | 11% | ||
| New York Times/Siena College [47] | July 9–12, 2024 | 661 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 46% | 44% | 10% |
| 661 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 48% | 45% | 7% | ||
| SoCal Strategies (R) [48] [F] | July 6–11, 2024 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 2.1% | 47% | 44% | 9% |
| Fox News [54] | June 1–4, 2024 | 1,107 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 48% | 48% | 4% |
| Roanoke College [55] | May 12–21, 2024 | 711 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 42% | 42% | 16% |
| McLaughlin & Associates (R) [56] [G] | April 29 – May 1, 2024 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 48% | 44% | 8% |
| Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D) [57] [H] | April 26–28, 2024 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 43% | 42% | 16% |
| John Zogby Strategies [58] [I] | April 13–21, 2024 | 586 (LV) | – | 45% | 45% | 10% |
| Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University [59] | February 29 – March 3, 2024 | 394 (RV) | – | 47% | 42% | 11% [z] |
| 368 (LV) | 47% | 43% | 10% [aa] | |||
| Roanoke College [60] | February 11–19, 2024 | 705 (A) | ± 4.6% | 47% | 43% | 10% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University [61] | December 28, 2023 – January 13, 2024 | 812 (A) | ± 5.4% | 43% | 40% | 17% |
| Mason-Dixon [62] | December 15–19, 2023 | 625 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 49% | 43% | 8% |
| Roanoke College [63] | November 12–20, 2023 | 686 (A) | ± 4.3% | 48% | 44% | 8% |
| Change Research (D)/Future Majority (D) [64] | September 16–19, 2023 | 1,437 (RV) | – | 47% | 42% | 11% |
| Research America Inc. [65] [E] | September 5–11, 2023 | 1,000 (A) | ± 3.0% | 37% | 37% | 26% |
| Roanoke College [66] | August 6–15, 2023 | 702 (A) | ± 4.2% | 51% | 42% | 17% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University [67] | July 14–25, 2023 | 804 (A) | ± 5.4% | 43% | 40% | 17% |
| Roanoke College [68] | May 14–23, 2023 | 678 (A) | ± 4.4% | 54% | 38% | 8% |
| Public Opinion Strategies (R) [69] | May 7–9, 2023 | 500 (LV) | – | 48% | 41% | 11% |
| Roanoke College [70] | February 12–21, 2023 | 590 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 47% | 46% | 6% |
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Robert Kennedy Jr Independent | Cornel West Independent | Jill Stein Green | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson College [45] | July 14–15, 2024 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 38% | 43% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 7% |
| New York Times/Siena College [47] | July 9–12, 2024 | 661 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 38% | 36% | 9% | 0% | 2% | 15% |
| 661 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 40% | 38% | 7% | 0% | 2% | 13% | ||
| Virginia Commonwealth University [71] | June 24 – July 3, 2024 | 809 (A) | ± 4.8% | 36% | 39% | 9% | 1% | 2% | 13% [ab] |
| Fox News [54] | June 1–4, 2024 | 1,107 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 42% | 41% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
| Roanoke College [55] | May 12–21, 2024 | 711 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 40% | 38% | 8% | 1% | 3% | 10% |
| McLaughlin & Associates (R) [56] [G] | April 29 – May 1, 2024 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 40% | 37% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 12% |
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Robert Kennedy Jr Independent | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University [46] | July 14–15, 2024 | 301 (RV) | – | 40% | 40% | 5% | 15% [ac] |
| 265 (LV) | 43% | 42% | 4% | 11% [ad] | |||
| Mainstreet Research/Florida Atlantic University [46] | July 12–13, 2024 | 617 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 41% | 38% | 11% | 10% |
| 544 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 42% | 39% | 10% | 9% | ||
| co/efficient (R) [72] | June 11–12, 2024 | 851 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 41% | 41% | 7% | 11% |
| Mason-Dixon [62] | December 15–19, 2023 | 625 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 42% | 36% | 14% | 8% |
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Cornel West
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Cornel West Independent | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change Research (D)/Future Majority (D) [64] | September 16–19, 2023 | 1,437 (RV) | – | 40% | 39% | 7% | 14% |
| 37% | 37% | 5% | 21% [ae] |
Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Joe Biden Democratic | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Zogby Strategies [58] [I] | April 13–21, 2024 | 586 (LV) | – | 42% | 47% | 11% |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Donald Trump
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent | Donald Trump Republican | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Zogby Strategies [58] [I] | April 13–21, 2024 | 586 (LV) | – | 43% | 41% | 16% |
Joe Biden vs. Nikki Haley
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Joe Biden Democratic | Nikki Haley Republican | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke College [60] | February 11–19, 2024 | 705 (A) | ± 4.6% | 40% | 49% | 11% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University [61] | December 28, 2023 – January 13, 2024 | 812 (A) | ± 5.4% | 38% | 43% | 19% |
Joe Biden vs. Ron DeSantis
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Joe Biden Democratic | Ron DeSantis Republican | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Commonwealth University [61] | December 28, 2023 – January 13, 2024 | 812 (A) | ± 5.4% | 42% | 39% | 19% |
| Research America Inc. [65] [E] | September 5–11, 2023 | 1,000 (A) | ± 3.0% | 39% | 30% | 31% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University [67] | July 14–25, 2023 | 804 (A) | ± 5.46% | 41% | 41% | 18% |
| Public Opinion Strategies (R) [69] | May 7–9, 2023 | 500 (LV) | – | 44% | 44% | 12% |
| Roanoke College [70] | February 12–21, 2023 | 590 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 43% | 48% | 8% |
Joe Biden vs. Glenn Youngkin
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Joe Biden Democratic | Glenn Youngkin Republican | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research America Inc. [65] [E] | September 5–11, 2023 | 1,000 (A) | ± 3.0% | 37% | 34% | 29% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University [67] | July 14–25, 2023 | 804 (A) | ± 5.46% | 37% | 44% | 19% |
| Roanoke College [70] | February 12–21, 2023 | 590 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 39% | 55% | 6% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kamala Harris Tim Walz | 2,335,395 | 51.83 | −2.28 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump JD Vance | 2,075,085 | 46.05 | +2.05 | |
| Green | Jill Stein Butch Ware | 34,888 | 0.77 | New | |
| Libertarian | Chase Oliver Mike ter Maat | 19,814 | 0.44 | −1.01 | |
| Independent | Cornel West Melina Abdullah | 8,984 | 0.20 | New | |
| Socialism and Liberation | Claudia De la Cruz [af] Karina Garcia | 8,410 | 0.19 | New | |
| Write-in | 23,365 | 0.52 | +0.08 | ||
| Total votes | 4,505,941 | 100.00 | N/A | ||
| Locality [74] | Kamala Harris Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack | 7,374 | 42.93% | 9,659 | 56.24% | 143 | 0.83% | -2,285 | -13.30% | 17,176 |
| Albemarle | 44,279 | 65.87% | 21,513 | 32.00% | 1,432 | 2.13% | 22,766 | 33.87% | 67,224 |
| Alexandria | 62,326 | 77.04% | 16,112 | 19.91% | 2,466 | 3.05% | 46,214 | 57.12% | 80,904 |
| Alleghany | 2,114 | 25.49% | 6,093 | 73.47% | 86 | 1.04% | -3,979 | -47.98% | 8,293 |
| Amelia | 2,214 | 27.51% | 5,776 | 71.76% | 59 | 0.73% | -3,562 | -44.25% | 8,049 |
| Amherst | 5,429 | 31.28% | 11,742 | 67.65% | 187 | 1.08% | -6,313 | -36.37% | 17,358 |
| Appomattox | 2,324 | 24.00% | 7,243 | 74.79% | 118 | 1.22% | -4,919 | -50.79% | 9,685 |
| Arlington | 100,446 | 77.53% | 25,223 | 19.47% | 3,892 | 3.00% | 75,223 | 58.06% | 129,561 |
| Augusta | 11,403 | 25.67% | 32,429 | 73.01% | 585 | 1.32% | -21,026 | -47.34% | 44,417 |
| Bath | 588 | 22.76% | 1,976 | 76.50% | 19 | 0.74% | -1,388 | -53.74% | 2,583 |
| Bedford | 12,414 | 24.30% | 38,017 | 74.42% | 650 | 1.27% | -25,603 | -50.12% | 51,081 |
| Bland | 524 | 14.74% | 2,998 | 84.33% | 33 | 0.93% | -2,474 | -69.59% | 3,555 |
| Botetourt | 5,915 | 26.91% | 15,796 | 71.87% | 267 | 1.21% | -9,881 | -44.96% | 21,978 |
| Bristol | 2,231 | 29.79% | 5,197 | 69.39% | 62 | 0.83% | -2,966 | -39.60% | 7,490 |
| Brunswick | 4,184 | 53.98% | 3,523 | 45.45% | 44 | 0.57% | 661 | 8.53% | 7,751 |
| Buchanan | 1,355 | 14.51% | 7,939 | 85.03% | 43 | 0.46% | -6,584 | -70.52% | 9,337 |
| Buckingham | 2,988 | 37.70% | 4,847 | 61.16% | 90 | 1.14% | -1,859 | -23.46% | 7,925 |
| Buena Vista | 767 | 26.75% | 2,035 | 70.98% | 65 | 2.27% | -1,268 | -44.23% | 2,867 |
| Campbell | 7,890 | 25.22% | 23,032 | 73.62% | 365 | 1.17% | -15,142 | -48.40% | 31,287 |
| Caroline | 7,957 | 44.96% | 9,511 | 53.74% | 230 | 1.30% | -1,554 | -8.78% | 17,698 |
| Carroll | 2,925 | 18.06% | 13,152 | 81.19% | 123 | 0.76% | -10,227 | -63.13% | 16,200 |
| Charles City | 2,384 | 54.77% | 1,917 | 44.04% | 52 | 1.19% | 467 | 10.73% | 4,353 |
| Charlotte | 2,008 | 33.36% | 3,963 | 65.83% | 49 | 0.81% | -1,955 | -32.48% | 6,020 |
| Charlottesville | 19,435 | 82.94% | 3,428 | 14.63% | 571 | 2.44% | 16,007 | 68.31% | 23,434 |
| Chesapeake | 65,399 | 51.09% | 60,550 | 47.30% | 2,052 | 1.60% | 4,849 | 3.79% | 128,001 |
| Chesterfield | 112,869 | 53.59% | 94,030 | 44.64% | 3,729 | 1.77% | 18,839 | 8.94% | 210,628 |
| Clarke | 3,993 | 40.58% | 5,641 | 57.33% | 205 | 2.08% | -1,648 | -16.75% | 9,839 |
| Colonial Heights | 2,982 | 33.27% | 5,883 | 65.63% | 99 | 1.10% | -2,901 | -32.36% | 8,964 |
| Covington | 818 | 32.98% | 1,642 | 66.21% | 20 | 0.81% | -824 | -33.23% | 2,480 |
| Craig | 542 | 17.29% | 2,562 | 81.72% | 31 | 0.99% | -2,020 | -64.43% | 3,135 |
| Culpeper | 10,557 | 36.81% | 17,685 | 61.67% | 437 | 1.52% | -7,128 | -24.85% | 28,679 |
| Cumberland | 2,117 | 38.48% | 3,335 | 60.63% | 49 | 0.89% | -1,218 | -22.14% | 5,501 |
| Danville | 10,615 | 59.93% | 6,894 | 38.92% | 203 | 1.15% | 3,721 | 21.01% | 17,712 |
| Dickenson | 1,316 | 18.64% | 5,701 | 80.75% | 43 | 0.61% | -4,385 | -62.11% | 7,060 |
| Dinwiddie | 5,942 | 38.06% | 9,549 | 61.17% | 120 | 0.77% | -3,607 | -23.11% | 15,611 |
| Emporia | 1,419 | 65.12% | 744 | 34.14% | 16 | 0.73% | 675 | 30.98% | 2,179 |
| Essex | 2,775 | 45.69% | 3,245 | 53.42% | 54 | 0.89% | -470 | -7.74% | 6,074 |
| Fairfax City | 8,797 | 64.84% | 4,302 | 31.71% | 468 | 3.45% | 4,495 | 33.13% | 13,567 |
| Fairfax County | 386,438 | 65.56% | 181,895 | 30.86% | 21,094 | 3.58% | 204,543 | 34.70% | 589,427 |
| Falls Church | 7,200 | 79.45% | 1,620 | 17.88% | 242 | 2.67% | 5,580 | 61.58% | 9,062 |
| Fauquier | 17,180 | 38.38% | 26,825 | 59.92% | 763 | 1.70% | -9,645 | -21.54% | 44,768 |
| Floyd | 2,968 | 30.71% | 6,551 | 67.77% | 147 | 1.52% | -3,583 | -37.07% | 9,666 |
| Fluvanna | 7,731 | 46.17% | 8,777 | 52.42% | 235 | 1.40% | -1,046 | -6.25% | 16,743 |
| Franklin City | 2,359 | 60.69% | 1,476 | 37.97% | 52 | 1.34% | 883 | 22.72% | 3,887 |
| Franklin County | 8,321 | 26.82% | 22,319 | 71.95% | 380 | 1.23% | -13,998 | -45.13% | 31,020 |
| Frederick | 18,331 | 35.07% | 33,117 | 63.37% | 815 | 1.56% | -14,786 | -28.29% | 52,263 |
| Fredericksburg | 8,760 | 64.52% | 4,480 | 32.99% | 338 | 2.49% | 4,280 | 31.52% | 13,578 |
| Galax | 753 | 27.67% | 1,946 | 71.52% | 22 | 0.81% | -1,193 | -43.84% | 2,721 |
| Giles | 2,069 | 22.34% | 7,102 | 76.67% | 92 | 0.99% | -5,033 | -54.33% | 9,263 |
| Gloucester | 7,034 | 30.28% | 15,918 | 68.53% | 276 | 1.19% | -8,884 | -38.25% | 23,228 |
| Goochland | 7,875 | 39.89% | 11,521 | 58.36% | 346 | 1.75% | -3,646 | -18.47% | 19,742 |
| Grayson | 1,503 | 18.51% | 6,544 | 80.60% | 72 | 0.89% | -5,041 | -62.09% | 8,119 |
| Greene | 4,456 | 36.81% | 7,432 | 61.39% | 218 | 1.80% | -2,976 | -24.58% | 12,106 |
| Greensville | 2,334 | 54.24% | 1,936 | 44.99% | 33 | 0.77% | 398 | 9.25% | 4,303 |
| Halifax | 6,984 | 39.08% | 10,741 | 60.10% | 146 | 0.82% | -3,757 | -21.02% | 17,871 |
| Hampton | 43,357 | 69.01% | 18,383 | 29.26% | 1,083 | 1.72% | 24,974 | 39.75% | 62,823 |
| Hanover | 26,733 | 36.42% | 45,569 | 62.08% | 1,102 | 1.50% | -18,836 | -25.66% | 73,404 |
| Harrisonburg | 10,641 | 61.40% | 6,266 | 36.15% | 425 | 2.45% | 4,375 | 25.24% | 17,332 |
| Henrico | 115,040 | 63.39% | 62,882 | 34.65% | 3,567 | 1.97% | 52,158 | 28.74% | 181,489 |
| Henry | 8,457 | 33.20% | 16,800 | 65.95% | 217 | 0.85% | -8,343 | -32.75% | 25,474 |
| Highland | 416 | 27.10% | 1,095 | 71.34% | 24 | 1.56% | -679 | -44.23% | 1,535 |
| Hopewell | 5,078 | 56.26% | 3,838 | 42.52% | 110 | 1.22% | 1,240 | 13.74% | 9,026 |
| Isle of Wight | 9,779 | 39.49% | 14,659 | 59.20% | 324 | 1.31% | -4,880 | -19.71% | 24,762 |
| James City | 26,742 | 52.16% | 23,575 | 45.98% | 957 | 1.87% | 3,167 | 6.18% | 51,274 |
| King and Queen | 1,536 | 36.68% | 2,608 | 62.27% | 44 | 1.05% | -1,072 | -25.60% | 4,188 |
| King George | 5,657 | 36.65% | 9,500 | 61.54% | 280 | 1.81% | -3,843 | -24.89% | 15,437 |
| King William | 3,388 | 29.25% | 8,080 | 69.76% | 115 | 0.99% | -4,692 | -40.51% | 11,583 |
| Lancaster | 3,355 | 45.88% | 3,866 | 52.86% | 92 | 1.26% | -511 | -6.99% | 7,313 |
| Lee | 1,391 | 13.74% | 8,674 | 85.69% | 57 | 0.56% | -7,283 | -71.95% | 10,122 |
| Lexington | 1,795 | 62.00% | 1,030 | 35.58% | 70 | 2.42% | 765 | 26.42% | 2,895 |
| Loudoun | 129,280 | 56.28% | 92,107 | 40.10% | 8,305 | 3.62% | 37,173 | 16.18% | 229,692 |
| Louisa | 8,779 | 36.36% | 15,084 | 62.48% | 281 | 1.16% | -6,305 | -26.11% | 24,144 |
| Lunenburg | 2,253 | 38.28% | 3,594 | 61.07% | 38 | 0.65% | -1,341 | -22.79% | 5,885 |
| Lynchburg | 16,664 | 45.01% | 19,574 | 52.87% | 785 | 2.12% | -2,910 | -7.86% | 37,023 |
| Madison | 2,700 | 31.84% | 5,671 | 66.88% | 109 | 1.29% | -2,971 | -35.04% | 8,480 |
| Manassas | 9,048 | 56.20% | 6,670 | 41.43% | 382 | 2.37% | 2,378 | 14.77% | 16,100 |
| Manassas Park | 3,506 | 58.46% | 2,314 | 38.59% | 177 | 2.95% | 1,192 | 19.88% | 5,997 |
| Martinsville | 3,435 | 60.55% | 2,155 | 37.99% | 83 | 1.46% | 1,280 | 22.56% | 5,673 |
| Mathews | 1,774 | 29.84% | 4,106 | 69.07% | 65 | 1.09% | -2,332 | -39.23% | 5,945 |
| Mecklenburg | 6,404 | 39.28% | 9,791 | 60.05% | 109 | 0.67% | -3,387 | -20.77% | 16,304 |
| Middlesex | 2,473 | 35.80% | 4,357 | 63.08% | 77 | 1.11% | -1,884 | -27.28% | 6,907 |
| Montgomery | 23,811 | 50.60% | 22,179 | 47.14% | 1,063 | 2.26% | 1,632 | 3.47% | 47,053 |
| Nelson | 4,298 | 45.58% | 5,004 | 53.06% | 128 | 1.36% | -706 | -7.49% | 9,430 |
| New Kent | 5,641 | 33.56% | 10,974 | 65.29% | 192 | 1.14% | -5,333 | -31.73% | 16,807 |
| Newport News | 48,169 | 63.46% | 26,385 | 34.76% | 1,355 | 1.79% | 21,784 | 28.70% | 75,909 |
| Norfolk | 59,941 | 69.69% | 24,377 | 28.34% | 1,691 | 1.97% | 35,564 | 41.35% | 86,009 |
| Northampton | 3,603 | 52.55% | 3,183 | 46.43% | 70 | 1.02% | 420 | 6.13% | 6,856 |
| Northumberland | 3,202 | 38.90% | 4,938 | 59.99% | 92 | 1.12% | -1,736 | -21.09% | 8,232 |
| Norton | 458 | 27.86% | 1,174 | 71.41% | 12 | 0.73% | -716 | -43.55% | 1,644 |
| Nottoway | 2,636 | 38.38% | 4,168 | 60.68% | 65 | 0.95% | -1,532 | -22.30% | 6,869 |
| Orange | 8,274 | 37.02% | 13,764 | 61.58% | 315 | 1.41% | -5,490 | -24.56% | 22,353 |
| Page | 2,976 | 22.46% | 10,123 | 76.39% | 152 | 1.15% | -7,147 | -53.94% | 13,251 |
| Patrick | 1,886 | 19.41% | 7,746 | 79.70% | 87 | 0.90% | -5,860 | -60.29% | 9,719 |
| Petersburg | 11,219 | 85.52% | 1,702 | 12.97% | 198 | 1.51% | 9,517 | 72.54% | 13,119 |
| Pittsylvania | 9,599 | 28.10% | 24,310 | 71.17% | 247 | 0.72% | -14,711 | -43.07% | 34,156 |
| Poquoson | 2,119 | 26.27% | 5,800 | 71.92% | 146 | 1.81% | -3,681 | -45.64% | 8,065 |
| Portsmouth | 28,306 | 68.45% | 12,370 | 29.91% | 677 | 1.64% | 15,936 | 38.54% | 41,353 |
| Powhatan | 5,734 | 27.42% | 14,918 | 71.33% | 262 | 1.25% | -9,184 | -43.91% | 20,914 |
| Prince Edward | 4,539 | 47.98% | 4,782 | 50.55% | 139 | 1.47% | -243 | -2.57% | 9,460 |
| Prince George | 6,842 | 38.80% | 10,590 | 60.06% | 201 | 1.14% | -3,748 | -21.26% | 17,633 |
| Prince William | 131,128 | 57.33% | 90,203 | 39.44% | 7,381 | 3.23% | 40,925 | 17.89% | 228,712 |
| Pulaski | 4,830 | 27.22% | 12,732 | 71.75% | 182 | 1.03% | -7,902 | -44.53% | 17,744 |
| Radford | 3,231 | 49.08% | 3,197 | 48.56% | 155 | 2.35% | 34 | 0.52% | 6,583 |
| Rappahannock | 2,041 | 40.30% | 2,943 | 58.10% | 81 | 1.60% | -902 | -17.81% | 5,065 |
| Richmond City | 88,710 | 81.59% | 17,041 | 15.67% | 2,980 | 2.74% | 71,669 | 65.91% | 108,731 |
| Richmond County | 1,439 | 34.52% | 2,697 | 64.71% | 32 | 0.77% | -1,258 | -30.18% | 4,168 |
| Roanoke City | 25,737 | 60.82% | 15,787 | 37.31% | 790 | 1.87% | 9,950 | 23.51% | 42,314 |
| Roanoke County | 21,693 | 38.03% | 34,453 | 60.39% | 902 | 1.58% | -12,760 | -22.37% | 57,048 |
| Rockbridge | 4,160 | 32.43% | 8,468 | 66.01% | 200 | 1.56% | -4,308 | -33.58% | 12,828 |
| Rockingham | 15,035 | 30.78% | 33,033 | 67.62% | 785 | 1.61% | -17,998 | -36.84% | 48,853 |
| Russell | 2,172 | 16.03% | 11,303 | 83.44% | 72 | 0.53% | -9,131 | -67.40% | 13,547 |
| Salem | 5,237 | 39.65% | 7,769 | 58.82% | 201 | 1.52% | -2,532 | -19.17% | 13,207 |
| Scott | 1,607 | 14.51% | 9,392 | 84.79% | 78 | 0.70% | -7,785 | -70.28% | 11,077 |
| Shenandoah | 6,914 | 28.23% | 17,215 | 70.30% | 360 | 1.47% | -10,301 | -42.06% | 24,489 |
| Smyth | 2,805 | 19.39% | 11,521 | 79.63% | 142 | 0.98% | -8,716 | -60.24% | 14,468 |
| Southampton | 3,626 | 36.79% | 6,133 | 62.23% | 97 | 0.98% | -2,507 | -25.44% | 9,856 |
| Spotsylvania | 35,747 | 44.96% | 42,531 | 53.49% | 1,236 | 1.55% | -6,784 | -8.53% | 79,514 |
| Stafford | 41,252 | 49.38% | 40,590 | 48.59% | 1,697 | 2.03% | 662 | 0.79% | 83,539 |
| Staunton | 7,592 | 55.72% | 5,778 | 42.40% | 256 | 1.88% | 1,814 | 13.31% | 13,626 |
| Suffolk | 30,597 | 57.14% | 22,112 | 41.30% | 836 | 1.56% | 8,485 | 15.85% | 53,545 |
| Surry | 2,176 | 49.00% | 2,205 | 49.65% | 60 | 1.35% | -29 | -0.65% | 4,441 |
| Sussex | 2,539 | 51.82% | 2,322 | 47.39% | 39 | 0.80% | 217 | 4.43% | 4,900 |
| Tazewell | 3,030 | 15.22% | 16,711 | 83.95% | 165 | 0.83% | -13,681 | -68.73% | 19,906 |
| Virginia Beach | 115,412 | 50.45% | 109,375 | 47.81% | 3,984 | 1.74% | 6,037 | 2.64% | 228,771 |
| Warren | 6,910 | 30.47% | 15,400 | 67.90% | 369 | 1.63% | -8,490 | -37.44% | 22,679 |
| Washington | 6,772 | 22.94% | 22,455 | 76.07% | 291 | 0.99% | -15,683 | -53.13% | 29,518 |
| Waynesboro | 5,240 | 46.29% | 5,882 | 51.97% | 197 | 1.74% | -642 | -5.67% | 11,319 |
| Westmoreland | 4,491 | 42.34% | 6,003 | 56.59% | 113 | 1.07% | -1,512 | -14.25% | 10,607 |
| Williamsburg | 5,613 | 71.10% | 2,119 | 26.84% | 162 | 2.05% | 3,494 | 44.26% | 7,894 |
| Winchester | 6,407 | 53.87% | 5,252 | 44.16% | 235 | 1.98% | 1,155 | 9.71% | 11,894 |
| Wise | 3,036 | 18.06% | 13,655 | 81.22% | 121 | 0.72% | -10,619 | -63.16% | 16,812 |
| Wythe | 3,075 | 19.87% | 12,267 | 79.27% | 133 | 0.86% | -9,192 | -59.40% | 15,475 |
| York | 18,296 | 46.03% | 20,722 | 52.13% | 731 | 1.84% | -2,426 | -6.10% | 39,749 |
| Totals | 2,335,395 | 51.83% | 2,075,085 | 46.05% | 95,461 | 2.12% | 260,310 | 5.78% | 4,505,941 |
Harris won six of 11 congressional districts. [75]
| District | Harris | Trump | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 47% | 52% | Rob Wittman |
| 2nd | 49.1% | 49.3% | Jen Kiggans |
| 3rd | 66% | 32% | Bobby Scott |
| 4th | 65% | 33% | Jennifer McClellan |
| 5th | 43% | 55% | Bob Good (118th Congress) |
| John McGuire (119th Congress) | |||
| 6th | 37% | 61% | Ben Cline |
| 7th | 50% | 47% | Abigail Spanberger (118th Congress) |
| Eugene Vindman (119th Congress) | |||
| 8th | 73% | 24% | Don Beyer |
| 9th | 27% | 71% | Morgan Griffith |
| 10th | 53% | 44% | Jennifer Wexton (118th Congress) |
| Suhas Subramanyam (119th Congress) | |||
| 11th | 65% | 31% | Gerry Connolly |
Despite losing the state, Trump made notable gains across much of the Commonwealth, particularly in the Northern and Southside regions of Virginia. [76] In Northern Virginia, Trump made significant gains in Loudoun County, Virginia (21% Asian and 14% Hispanic), Fairfax County, Virginia (20% Asian and 17% Hispanic), and Prince William County, Virginia (10% Asian and 25% Hispanic), which have significant Asian and Hispanic populations. Northern Virginia as a whole swung 8% rightward. [77] The state also swung rightward in the concurrent 2024 United States Senate election in Virginia, as Democrat Tim Kaine won by a 9% margin, down from his 16% margin in 2018. [73]
Trump reclaimed Lynchburg City, flipped Prince Edward County, which had not voted Republican in a presidential election since 2000, and also flipped Surry County, which last supported a Republican presidential candidate in 1972. Harris, by contrast, did not flip any counties or independent cities in Virginia. [78]
Harris did improve slightly in some Greater Richmond counties, including Chesterfield County. Virginia was one of the few states in the country to have many counties shift leftward. Despite losing York County (home to Yorktown, Virginia), Harris won 46% of the vote in the county, the highest percentage since 1964. [79] Harris also won 99% of Spanberger’s voters in Virginia, with Spanberger winning statewide by 15%. [3]
This was the first time since 2000 that Virginia voted for the popular vote loser, and the first time since 1996 that Virginia backed the loser of both the electoral vote and the overall popular vote. Virginia voted over 7 percentage points to the left of the nation (5.78%+1.48%=7.26%), voting for a Democratic nominee who lost the popular vote for the first time since 1924.
Harris won the state by 5.78%, worse than Biden's 10.11% margin but slightly improved from Hillary Clinton's 5.32% margin in 2016. Tim Kaine was the 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee, likely providing a home state advantage to Clinton in 2016.
Nevertheless, Trump became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying the city of Virginia Beach since it became an independent city in 1952 as well as the first to do so without carrying Chesterfield or Stafford Counties since Calvin Coolidge in 1924, and the first to do so without carrying James City County or the city of Chesapeake since Richard Nixon in 1968. Trump became the first president to win two terms without ever carrying Virginia since Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, and the first Republican to do so since William McKinley in 1896 and 1900.
This was also the third consecutive election in which Virginia voted Democratic while Florida voted Republican, which had previously not occurred since 1876. Trump won Florida in 2024 by over 13 percentage points, with Florida having backed Trump even when Trump lost both the electoral vote and popular vote in 2020. While Florida shifted dramatically rightward during the Trump era, Virginia shifted dramatically leftward.
Although Harris lost both swing states of North Carolina and Georgia, two other Southern states, both also trended leftward. Both swung by less than 3%, compared to the national swing of about 6%. Harris outperformed Clinton’s 2016 margins in both Southern swing states. [80] Harris won in Virginia, as over 18% of adults in Virginia have graduate degrees, per List of U.S. states and territories by educational attainment. By comparison, just 13-14% of adults in North Carolina and Georgia have graduate degrees. [81]
Harris lost Virginia's 1st congressional district (VA-01) by just 47-52%, compared to Biden losing it 46-52%, where York County is located. York County has not voted Democratic since 1964. York County is one of the highest-income counties in the United States. It has always voted Republican since 1952, except in Democrat LBJ’s landslide victory in 1964. However, it voted for Republican Herbert Hoover in 1928 in a landslide. [ag]
Abigail Spanberger won York County and VA-01 in the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election, the first time York County voted Democratic since 1965. It was her closest victory in any county in the state in 2025. [79] Virginia Democrats would also sweep statewide races in the 2025 Virginia elections the next year, as well as winning 64 out of 100 seats and 58% of the statewide vote in the 2025 Virginia House of Delegates election. This confirmed Virginia's status as a blue state at the state level as well. [83]
The localities that make up Northern Virginia—we are using a somewhat conservative definition by calling Loudoun County its western border and Prince William County its southern border—collectively swung 8 percentage points rightward.