1976 United States presidential election in Virginia

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1976 United States presidential election in Virginia

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Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Party Republican Democratic Home state Michigan Georgia Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale Electoral vote 12 0 Popular vote 836,554 813,896 Percentage 49.29% 47.96%

County and Independent City Results Ford   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Carter   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70-80%

President before election Gerald Ford Republican Elected President Jimmy Carter Democratic

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, ^[1] alongside the Shenandoah Valley, ^[2] being amongst the first traditionally Democratic areas of the former Confederacy to turn Republican at both the presidential level and in federal congressional elections. ^[3] 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, ^[4] 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, ^[5] 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. ^[6] 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. As of the 2020 presidential election ^[update] , 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. ^[7] It is also the last occasion Virginia voted to the left of California, Connecticut, Illinois, Vermont or Washington state.

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. ^[8]

56% of white voters supported Ford while 40% supported Carter. ^{[9] [10]} Virginia was the only southern state to support Ford. ^[11]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Simpson's Leader-Times [12]	Tossup	October 16, 1976
The Sentinel [8]	Tossup	October 18, 1976
Daily Press [13]	Lean R	October 24, 1976
Kansas City Times [14]	Lean R	October 24, 1976
Daily News [15]	Likely R	October 27, 1976
Austin American-Statesman [16]	Tossup	October 31, 1976
New York Times [17]	Lean R	November 1, 1976

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Virginia [18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral 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

1976 United States presidential election in Virginia by county or independent city [19]
	Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican		James Earl Carter Democratic		Peter Camejo Guanche Socialist Workers		Thomas Jefferson Anderson American		Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche U.S. Labor		Roger Lea MacBride Libertarian		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Accomack County	4,494	47.13%	4,807	50.41%	87	0.91%	90	0.94%	40	0.42%	18	0.19%	-313	-3.28%	9,536
Albemarle County	9,084	54.62%	7,310	43.95%	22	0.13%	58	0.35%	49	0.29%	109	0.66%	1,774	10.67%	16,632
Alleghany County	1,756	41.17%	2,462	57.73%	14	0.33%	19	0.45%	9	0.21%	5	0.12%	-706	-16.55%	4,265
Amelia County	1,634	47.25%	1,715	49.60%	9	0.26%	56	1.62%	36	1.04%	8	0.23%	-81	-2.34%	3,458
Amherst County	3,956	50.87%	3,675	47.26%	23	0.30%	44	0.57%	49	0.63%	29	0.37%	281	3.61%	7,776
Appomattox County	1,964	50.84%	1,702	44.06%	79	2.05%	80	2.07%	29	0.75%	9	0.23%	262	6.78%	3,863
Arlington County	30,972	47.95%	32,536	50.37%	353	0.55%	387	0.60%	121	0.19%	230	0.36%	-1,564	-2.42%	64,599
Augusta County	8,452	57.53%	5,626	38.29%	207	1.41%	315	2.14%	59	0.40%	33	0.22%	2,826	19.23%	14,692
Bath County	888	45.96%	1,029	53.26%	2	0.10%	8	0.41%	3	0.16%	2	0.10%	-141	-7.30%	1,932
Bedford County	4,189	45.31%	4,766	51.55%	121	1.31%	135	1.46%	24	0.26%	11	0.12%	-577	-6.24%	9,246
Bland County	1,047	51.91%	961	47.65%	1	0.05%	5	0.25%	2	0.10%	1	0.05%	86	4.26%	2,017
Botetourt County	3,343	44.14%	4,021	53.10%	83	1.10%	70	0.92%	38	0.50%	18	0.24%	-678	-8.95%	7,573
Brunswick County	2,387	42.11%	3,071	54.18%	56	0.99%	41	0.72%	59	1.04%	54	0.95%	-684	-12.07%	5,668
Buchanan County	3,850	35.89%	5,791	53.98%	592	5.52%	367	3.42%	104	0.97%	24	0.22%	-1,941	-18.09%	10,728
Buckingham County	1,487	39.57%	2,179	57.98%	20	0.53%	27	0.72%	30	0.80%	15	0.40%	-692	-18.41%	3,758
Campbell County	7,442	60.78%	4,354	35.56%	156	1.27%	199	1.63%	65	0.53%	29	0.24%	3,088	25.22%	12,245
Caroline County	1,648	34.36%	3,064	63.89%	23	0.48%	21	0.44%	27	0.56%	13	0.27%	-1,416	-29.52%	4,796
Carroll County	4,820	53.75%	4,010	44.71%	15	0.17%	48	0.54%	58	0.65%	17	0.19%	810	9.03%	8,968
Charles City County	439	22.50%	1,455	74.58%	18	0.92%	12	0.62%	19	0.97%	8	0.41%	-1,016	-52.08%	1,951
Charlotte County	2,023	46.04%	2,312	52.62%	12	0.27%	34	0.77%	10	0.23%	3	0.07%	-289	-6.58%	4,394
Chesterfield County	27,812	65.54%	14,126	33.29%	67	0.16%	168	0.40%	153	0.36%	110	0.26%	13,686	32.25%	42,436
Clarke County	1,440	51.54%	1,276	45.67%	14	0.50%	19	0.68%	34	1.22%	11	0.39%	164	5.87%	2,794
Craig County	546	32.75%	1,103	66.17%	11	0.66%	1	0.06%	6	0.36%	0	0.00%	-557	-33.41%	1,667
Culpeper County	3,659	54.64%	2,892	43.19%	46	0.69%	56	0.84%	22	0.33%	21	0.31%	767	11.45%	6,696
Cumberland County	1,284	46.57%	1,302	47.23%	78	2.83%	55	1.99%	16	0.58%	22	0.80%	-18	-0.65%	2,757
Dickenson County	3,471	42.28%	4,583	55.83%	21	0.26%	51	0.62%	73	0.89%	10	0.12%	-1,112	-13.55%	8,209
Dinwiddie County	2,413	37.28%	3,873	59.83%	52	0.80%	32	0.49%	76	1.17%	27	0.42%	-1,460	-22.56%	6,473
Essex County	1,380	50.55%	1,306	47.84%	10	0.37%	19	0.70%	12	0.44%	3	0.11%	74	2.71%	2,730
Fairfax County	110,424	53.62%	92,037	44.69%	1,269	0.62%	1,258	0.61%	323	0.16%	646	0.31%	18,387	8.93%	205,957
Fauquier County	4,715	51.75%	4,002	43.92%	179	1.96%	162	1.78%	31	0.34%	22	0.24%	713	7.83%	9,111
Floyd County	2,071	52.76%	1,728	44.03%	22	0.56%	44	1.12%	47	1.20%	13	0.33%	343	8.74%	3,925
Fluvanna County	1,296	46.79%	1,415	51.08%	11	0.40%	10	0.36%	23	0.83%	15	0.54%	-119	-4.30%	2,770
Franklin County	3,532	34.63%	6,439	63.13%	66	0.65%	5	0.05%	70	0.69%	37	0.36%	-2,907	-28.50%	10,199
Frederick County	5,162	59.52%	3,389	39.08%	15	0.17%	54	0.62%	30	0.35%	22	0.25%	1,773	20.45%	8,672
Giles County	2,731	40.53%	3,779	56.08%	81	1.20%	71	1.05%	55	0.82%	22	0.33%	-1,048	-15.55%	6,739
Gloucester County	3,025	47.24%	3,156	49.28%	104	1.62%	61	0.95%	39	0.61%	19	0.30%	-131	-2.05%	6,404
Goochland County	2,104	47.23%	2,259	50.71%	33	0.74%	20	0.45%	22	0.49%	17	0.38%	-155	-3.48%	4,455
Grayson County	3,021	48.33%	3,146	50.33%	17	0.27%	5	0.08%	36	0.58%	6	0.10%	-125	-2.00%	6,251
Greene County	1,095	51.41%	895	42.02%	55	2.58%	58	2.72%	13	0.61%	14	0.66%	200	9.39%	2,130
Greensville County	1,137	31.18%	2,413	66.18%	25	0.69%	26	0.71%	36	0.99%	9	0.25%	-1,276	-35.00%	3,646
Halifax County	4,045	46.51%	4,352	50.04%	108	1.24%	103	1.18%	70	0.80%	19	0.22%	-307	-3.53%	8,697
Hanover County	11,559	64.72%	6,069	33.98%	25	0.14%	92	0.52%	77	0.43%	37	0.21%	5,490	30.74%	17,859
Henrico County	45,405	65.82%	21,729	31.50%	627	0.91%	909	1.32%	162	0.23%	149	0.22%	23,676	34.32%	68,981
Henry County	5,612	35.02%	9,680	60.41%	379	2.37%	233	1.45%	95	0.59%	25	0.16%	-4,068	-25.39%	16,024
Highland County	629	55.57%	493	43.55%	1	0.09%	7	0.62%	1	0.09%	1	0.09%	136	12.01%	1,132
Isle of Wight County	2,718	38.78%	4,145	59.14%	40	0.57%	40	0.57%	50	0.71%	16	0.23%	-1,427	-20.36%	7,009
James City County	3,186	49.36%	3,000	46.48%	159	2.46%	67	1.04%	23	0.36%	19	0.29%	186	2.88%	6,454
King and Queen County	778	39.06%	1,111	55.77%	27	1.36%	19	0.95%	39	1.96%	18	0.90%	-333	-16.72%	1,992
King George County	1,383	46.75%	1,513	51.15%	9	0.30%	24	0.81%	16	0.54%	13	0.44%	-130	-4.39%	2,958
King William County	1,597	50.60%	1,501	47.56%	6	0.19%	11	0.35%	22	0.70%	19	0.60%	96	3.04%	3,156
Lancaster County	2,381	58.44%	1,581	38.81%	40	0.98%	40	0.98%	26	0.64%	6	0.15%	800	19.64%	4,074
Lee County	4,679	45.50%	5,415	52.65%	34	0.33%	38	0.37%	97	0.94%	21	0.20%	-736	-7.16%	10,284
Loudoun County	9,192	51.79%	7,995	45.05%	205	1.16%	262	1.48%	47	0.26%	47	0.26%	1,197	6.74%	17,748
Louisa County	2,151	41.89%	2,857	55.64%	19	0.37%	21	0.41%	69	1.34%	18	0.35%	-706	-13.75%	5,135
Lunenburg County	1,816	49.73%	1,739	47.62%	30	0.82%	54	1.48%	8	0.22%	5	0.14%	77	2.11%	3,652
Madison County	1,710	52.97%	1,466	45.42%	19	0.59%	21	0.65%	6	0.19%	6	0.19%	264	7.56%	3,228
Mathews County	1,908	57.77%	1,309	39.63%	21	0.64%	31	0.94%	26	0.79%	8	0.24%	599	18.14%	3,303
Mecklenburg County	4,423	50.44%	4,076	46.48%	77	0.88%	85	0.97%	78	0.89%	30	0.34%	347	3.96%	8,769
Middlesex County	1,608	52.91%	1,312	43.17%	38	1.25%	50	1.65%	18	0.59%	13	0.43%	296	9.74%	3,039
Montgomery County	7,971	50.64%	7,539	47.89%	43	0.27%	53	0.34%	64	0.41%	72	0.46%	432	2.74%	15,742
Nelson County	1,516	37.65%	2,426	60.24%	12	0.30%	20	0.50%	34	0.84%	19	0.47%	-910	-22.60%	4,027
New Kent County	1,259	47.62%	1,338	50.61%	9	0.34%	14	0.53%	17	0.64%	7	0.26%	-79	-2.99%	2,644
Northampton County	2,043	43.15%	2,459	51.93%	116	2.45%	67	1.41%	31	0.65%	19	0.40%	-416	-8.79%	4,735
Northumberland County	2,167	52.52%	1,814	43.97%	59	1.43%	41	0.99%	32	0.78%	13	0.32%	353	8.56%	4,126
Nottoway County	2,486	47.61%	2,558	48.99%	77	1.47%	62	1.19%	29	0.56%	10	0.19%	-72	-1.38%	5,222
Orange County	2,549	49.39%	2,309	44.74%	127	2.46%	100	1.94%	49	0.95%	27	0.52%	240	4.65%	5,161
Page County	3,780	51.52%	3,401	46.35%	29	0.40%	49	0.67%	47	0.64%	31	0.42%	379	5.17%	7,337
Patrick County	2,349	43.69%	2,740	50.96%	104	1.93%	131	2.44%	47	0.87%	6	0.11%	-391	-7.27%	5,377
Pittsylvania County	9,173	51.21%	7,929	44.26%	333	1.86%	315	1.76%	129	0.72%	34	0.19%	1,244	6.94%	17,913
Powhatan County	2,010	55.28%	1,528	42.02%	9	0.25%	46	1.27%	31	0.85%	12	0.33%	482	13.26%	3,636
Prince Edward County	2,734	50.36%	2,448	45.09%	86	1.58%	71	1.31%	62	1.14%	28	0.52%	286	5.27%	5,429
Prince George County	2,254	45.44%	2,630	53.02%	19	0.38%	18	0.36%	27	0.54%	12	0.24%	-376	-7.58%	4,960
Prince William County	15,446	49.00%	15,215	48.26%	323	1.02%	405	1.28%	54	0.17%	81	0.26%	231	0.73%	31,524
Pulaski County	4,764	44.84%	5,546	52.20%	87	0.82%	106	1.00%	96	0.90%	25	0.24%	-782	-7.36%	10,624
Rappahannock County	881	44.47%	1,071	54.06%	8	0.40%	11	0.56%	5	0.25%	5	0.25%	-190	-9.59%	1,981
Richmond County	1,391	60.80%	864	37.76%	8	0.35%	11	0.48%	11	0.48%	3	0.13%	527	23.03%	2,288
Roanoke County	13,587	50.42%	13,120	48.69%	25	0.09%	100	0.37%	57	0.21%	59	0.22%	467	1.73%	26,948
Rockbridge County	2,157	43.66%	2,525	51.11%	116	2.35%	100	2.02%	31	0.63%	11	0.22%	-368	-7.45%	4,940
Rockingham County	9,768	61.87%	5,349	33.88%	195	1.24%	344	2.18%	77	0.49%	56	0.35%	4,419	27.99%	15,789
Russell County	4,287	40.19%	6,014	56.38%	185	1.73%	124	1.16%	48	0.45%	9	0.08%	-1,727	-16.19%	10,667
Scott County	4,313	45.43%	4,496	47.36%	319	3.36%	279	2.94%	74	0.78%	13	0.14%	-183	-1.93%	9,494
Shenandoah County	6,296	64.05%	3,364	34.22%	27	0.27%	62	0.63%	54	0.55%	27	0.27%	2,932	29.83%	9,830
Smyth County	5,032	47.29%	5,246	49.30%	144	1.35%	164	1.54%	39	0.37%	16	0.15%	-214	-2.01%	10,641
Southampton County	2,366	40.18%	3,399	57.72%	17	0.29%	33	0.56%	61	1.04%	13	0.22%	-1,033	-17.54%	5,889
Spotsylvania County	3,210	42.46%	4,210	55.69%	16	0.21%	38	0.50%	73	0.97%	13	0.17%	-1,000	-13.23%	7,560
Stafford County	4,451	46.84%	4,900	51.57%	19	0.20%	54	0.57%	55	0.58%	23	0.24%	-449	-4.73%	9,502
Surry County	929	32.79%	1,829	64.56%	26	0.92%	14	0.49%	19	0.67%	16	0.56%	-900	-31.77%	2,833
Sussex County	1,360	33.22%	2,497	60.99%	112	2.74%	73	1.78%	45	1.10%	7	0.17%	-1,137	-27.77%	4,094
Tazewell County	5,565	41.41%	7,565	56.29%	94	0.70%	105	0.78%	92	0.68%	18	0.13%	-2,000	-14.88%	13,439
Warren County	2,985	45.80%	3,221	49.42%	139	2.13%	109	1.67%	45	0.69%	18	0.28%	-236	-3.62%	6,517
Washington County	6,865	48.98%	6,547	46.71%	287	2.05%	199	1.42%	95	0.68%	22	0.16%	318	2.27%	14,015
Westmoreland County	1,909	41.79%	2,355	51.55%	152	3.33%	111	2.43%	32	0.70%	9	0.20%	-446	-9.76%	4,568
Wise County	5,691	42.63%	7,134	53.43%	233	1.75%	181	1.36%	90	0.67%	22	0.16%	-1,443	-10.81%	13,351
Wythe County	4,231	51.34%	3,578	43.42%	185	2.24%	159	1.93%	79	0.96%	9	0.11%	653	7.92%	8,241
York County	5,603	53.61%	4,736	45.32%	16	0.15%	37	0.35%	33	0.32%	26	0.25%	867	8.30%	10,451
Alexandria City	16,880	44.53%	19,858	52.38%	568	1.50%	371	0.98%	109	0.29%	124	0.33%	-2,978	-7.86%	37,910
Bedford City	1,043	45.47%	1,122	48.91%	67	2.92%	51	2.22%	6	0.26%	5	0.22%	-79	-3.44%	2,294
Bristol City	2,943	46.27%	3,343	52.55%	10	0.16%	23	0.36%	25	0.39%	17	0.27%	-400	-6.29%	6,361
Buena Vista City	771	41.61%	993	53.59%	61	3.22%	53	2.80%	13	0.69%	3	0.16%	-222	-11.98%	1,853
Charlottesville City	6,673	48.11%	6,846	49.36%	110	0.79%	105	0.76%	54	0.39%	81	0.58%	-173	-1.25%	13,869
Chesapeake City	12,851	39.96%	17,651	54.89%	870	2.71%	576	1.79%	143	0.44%	66	0.21%	-4,800	-14.93%	32,157
Clifton Forge City	770	40.68%	993	52.46%	61	3.22%	53	2.80%	13	0.69%	3	0.16%	-223	-11.78%	1,893
Colonial Heights City	4,291	61.88%	2,409	34.74%	46	0.66%	133	1.92%	39	0.56%	16	0.23%	1,882	27.14%	6,934
Covington City	1,173	37.06%	1,820	57.50%	103	3.25%	47	1.48%	18	0.57%	4	0.13%	-647	-20.44%	3,165
Danville City	10,235	59.46%	6,425	37.33%	198	1.15%	231	1.34%	95	0.55%	28	0.16%	3,810	22.14%	17,212
Emporia City	1,055	52.23%	899	44.50%	13	0.64%	13	0.64%	30	1.49%	10	0.50%	156	7.72%	2,020
Fairfax City	4,174	53.36%	3,464	44.28%	68	0.87%	84	1.07%	9	0.12%	24	0.31%	710	9.08%	7,823
Falls Church City	2,323	50.63%	2,202	47.99%	9	0.20%	27	0.59%	9	0.20%	18	0.39%	121	2.64%	4,588
Franklin City	1,127	49.21%	1,116	48.73%	7	0.31%	10	0.44%	19	0.83%	11	0.48%	11	0.48%	2,290
Fredericksburg City	2,527	49.07%	2,550	49.51%	10	0.19%	11	0.21%	33	0.64%	19	0.37%	-23	-0.45%	5,150
Galax City	1,128	47.59%	1,218	51.39%	5	0.21%	8	0.34%	6	0.25%	5	0.21%	-90	-3.80%	2,370
Hampton City	15,021	41.67%	19,202	53.27%	1,033	2.85%	583	1.61%	117	0.32%	92	0.25%	-4,001	-11.60%	36,048
Harrisonburg City	3,376	63.01%	1,803	33.65%	53	0.99%	86	1.61%	19	0.35%	21	0.39%	1,573	29.36%	5,358
Hopewell City	3,764	48.21%	3,691	47.28%	179	2.29%	99	1.27%	53	0.68%	21	0.27%	73	0.94%	7,807
Lexington City	1,027	50.47%	945	46.44%	32	1.57%	22	1.08%	4	0.20%	5	0.25%	82	4.03%	2,035
Lynchburg City	14,564	61.18%	8,227	34.56%	412	1.73%	455	1.91%	94	0.39%	52	0.22%	6,337	26.62%	23,804
Manassas City	1,992	53.30%	1,646	44.05%	50	1.34%	37	0.99%	5	0.13%	7	0.19%	346	9.26%	3,737
Manassas Park City	444	37.34%	709	59.63%	7	0.59%	19	1.60%	10	0.84%	0	0.00%	-265	-22.29%	1,189
Martinsville City	3,147	45.38%	3,491	50.34%	144	2.08%	101	1.46%	34	0.49%	18	0.26%	-344	-4.96%	6,935
Newport News City	20,914	47.01%	23,058	51.83%	76	0.17%	173	0.39%	186	0.42%	85	0.19%	-2,144	-4.82%	44,492
Norfolk City	28,099	39.91%	39,295	55.82%	1,543	2.19%	986	1.40%	308	0.44%	171	0.24%	-11,196	-15.90%	70,402
Norton City	577	40.35%	811	56.71%	17	1.19%	14	0.98%	6	0.42%	5	0.35%	-234	-16.36%	1,430
Petersburg City	5,041	38.53%	7,852	60.02%	31	0.24%	59	0.45%	70	0.54%	29	0.22%	-2,811	-21.49%	13,082
Poquoson City	1,461	55.34%	1,140	43.18%	5	0.19%	14	0.53%	13	0.49%	7	0.27%	321	12.16%	2,640
Portsmouth City	12,872	35.51%	22,837	63.01%	80	0.22%	169	0.47%	216	0.60%	72	0.20%	-9,965	-27.49%	36,246
Radford City	1,844	44.74%	2,240	54.34%	12	0.29%	6	0.15%	14	0.34%	6	0.15%	-396	-9.61%	4,122
Richmond City	37,176	44.73%	44,687	53.77%	253	0.30%	255	0.31%	430	0.52%	309	0.37%	-7,511	-9.04%	83,110
Roanoke City	14,738	41.00%	20,696	57.57%	141	0.39%	162	0.45%	137	0.38%	75	0.21%	-5,958	-16.57%	35,949
Salem City	4,196	48.29%	4,404	50.68%	11	0.13%	47	0.54%	19	0.22%	13	0.15%	-208	-2.39%	8,690
South Boston City	1,389	56.97%	1,001	41.06%	4	0.16%	10	0.41%	22	0.90%	12	0.49%	388	15.91%	2,438
Staunton City	4,681	59.53%	2,951	37.53%	89	1.13%	95	1.21%	28	0.36%	19	0.24%	1,730	22.00%	7,863
Suffolk City	6,066	38.86%	9,246	59.24%	49	0.31%	68	0.44%	147	0.94%	33	0.21%	-3,180	-20.37%	15,609
Virginia Beach City	34,593	54.46%	25,824	40.66%	1,607	2.53%	1,143	1.80%	175	0.28%	176	0.28%	8,769	13.81%	63,518
Waynesboro City	3,528	59.64%	2,209	37.35%	75	1.27%	80	1.35%	14	0.24%	9	0.15%	1,319	22.30%	5,915
Williamsburg City	1,654	51.77%	1,468	45.95%	20	0.63%	27	0.85%	7	0.22%	19	0.59%	186	5.82%	3,195
Winchester City	4,075	62.85%	2,346	36.18%	9	0.14%	28	0.43%	17	0.26%	9	0.14%	1,729	26.67%	6,484
Totals	836,554	49.29%	813,896	47.96%	17,802	1.05%	16,686	0.98%	7,508	0.44%	4,648	0.27%	22,658	1.34%	1,697,094

Results by congressional district

Ford won 6 of 10 congressional districts. Ford won four districts held by Democrats, whilst three of Carter's four districts were held by Republicans, and another was gained by a Republican after the incumbent Democrat retired. ^[20]

District	Ford	Carter	Representative
1st	47%	50%	Thomas N. Downing
			Paul Trible
2nd	47%	49%	G. William Whitehurst
3rd	56%	42%	David E. Satterfield III
4th	40%	57%	Robert Daniel
5th	51%	46%	Dan Daniel
6th	49%	48%	M. Caldwell Butler
7th	54%	44%	J. Kenneth Robinson
8th	51%	47%	Herbert Harris
9th	45%	51%	William C. Wampler Jr.
10th	51%	47%	Joseph L. Fisher

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