1996 United States presidential election in Virginia

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.

Main article: 1996 United States presidential election

1996 United States presidential election in Virginia

November 5, 1996

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 vote 13 0 0 Popular vote 1,138,350 1,091,060 159,861 Percentage 47.10% 45.15% 6.62%

County and Independent City Results Dole   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Clinton   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

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

As of the 2016 presidential election, this marked the last election in which Virginia was carried by the Republican presidential candidate while neighboring West Virginia was carried by the Democratic presidential candidate. As of the 2016 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,[lower-alpha 1] and the first time since 1968 that Essex County had voted Democratic.[3]

This election made Virginia tied for the longest Republican streak, as Arizona voted Democratic in this election for the first time since 1948. Virginia would later be removed from the tie in 2008 by voting for Democrat Barack Obama.

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1996[4]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Bob Dole	Jack Kemp	1,138,350	47.10%	13
	Democratic	Bill Clinton (inc.)	Al Gore	1,091,060	45.15%	0
	Reform	Ross Perot	Patrick Choate	159,861	6.62%	0
	U.S. Taxpayers' Party	Howard Phillips	Albion W. Knight Jr.[1][5]	13,687	0.57%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	9,174	0.38%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	Dr. V. Tompkins	4,510	0.19%	0
Totals				2,416,642	100.00%	13

Results by county

	Robert Joseph Dole Republican		William Jefferson Clinton Democratic		Henry Ross Perot Reform		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County or Independent City	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Accomack County	5,013	43.02%	5,220	44.79%	1,218	10.45%	203	1.74%	-207	-1.78%	11,654
Albemarle County	15,243	48.81%	14,089	45.12%	1,533	4.91%	363	1.16%	1,154	3.70%	31,228
Alleghany County	2,015	39.71%	2,398	47.26%	607	11.96%	54	1.06%	-383	-7.55%	5,074
Amelia County	2,119	51.13%	1,625	39.21%	323	7.79%	77	1.86%	494	11.92%	4,144
Amherst County	5,094	46.63%	4,864	44.53%	835	7.64%	131	1.20%	230	2.11%	10,924
Appomattox County	2,625	47.93%	2,239	40.88%	510	9.31%	103	1.88%	386	7.05%	5,477
Arlington County	26,106	34.63%	45,573	60.46%	2,782	3.69%	915	1.21%	-19,467	-25.83%	75,376
Augusta County	13,458	60.89%	5,965	26.99%	1,916	8.67%	763	3.45%	7,493	33.90%	22,102
Bath County	847	41.30%	922	44.95%	247	12.04%	35	1.71%	-75	-3.66%	2,051
Bedford County	11,955	54.07%	7,786	35.22%	1,976	8.94%	392	1.77%	4,169	18.86%	22,109
Bland County	1,167	46.00%	939	37.01%	385	15.18%	46	1.81%	228	8.99%	2,537
Botetourt County	6,404	51.73%	4,576	36.96%	1,138	9.19%	262	2.12%	1,828	14.77%	12,380
Brunswick County	2,059	34.79%	3,442	58.16%	340	5.75%	77	1.30%	-1,383	-23.37%	5,918
Buchanan County	2,785	26.96%	6,551	63.40%	858	8.30%	138	1.34%	-3,766	-36.45%	10,332
Buckingham County	1,974	40.70%	2,374	48.95%	392	8.08%	110	2.27%	-400	-8.25%	4,850
Campbell County	10,273	54.35%	6,788	35.91%	1,505	7.96%	336	1.78%	3,485	18.44%	18,902
Caroline County	2,816	38.65%	3,897	53.49%	521	7.15%	51	0.70%	-1,081	-14.84%	7,285
Carroll County	5,088	51.04%	3,611	36.22%	1,158	11.62%	112	1.12%	1,477	14.82%	9,969
Charles City County	729	26.16%	1,842	66.09%	178	6.39%	38	1.36%	-1,113	-39.94%	2,787
Charlotte County	2,103	45.58%	2,007	43.50%	431	9.34%	73	1.58%	96	2.08%	4,614
Chesterfield County	56,650	60.71%	30,220	32.39%	6,004	6.43%	431	0.46%	26,430	28.33%	93,305
Clarke County	2,201	48.17%	1,906	41.72%	379	8.30%	83	1.82%	295	6.46%	4,569
Craig County	979	45.35%	895	41.45%	262	12.14%	23	1.07%	84	3.89%	2,159
Culpeper County	5,688	53.90%	3,907	37.02%	787	7.46%	171	1.62%	1,781	16.88%	10,553
Cumberland County	1,544	48.40%	1,303	40.85%	275	8.62%	68	2.13%	241	7.55%	3,190
Dickenson County	2,229	32.45%	3,913	56.97%	660	9.61%	66	0.96%	-1,684	-24.52%	6,868
Dinwiddie County	3,503	42.90%	3,871	47.40%	666	8.16%	126	1.54%	-368	-4.51%	8,166
Essex County	1,627	46.05%	1,668	47.21%	188	5.32%	50	1.42%	-41	-1.16%	3,533
Fairfax County	176,033	48.19%	170,150	46.58%	16,134	4.42%	2,946	0.81%	5,883	1.61%	365,263
Fauquier County	11,063	57.45%	6,759	35.10%	1,287	6.68%	149	0.77%	4,304	22.35%	19,258
Floyd County	2,374	48.07%	1,909	38.65%	545	11.03%	111	2.25%	465	9.41%	4,939
Fluvanna County	3,442	51.66%	2,676	40.16%	457	6.86%	88	1.32%	766	11.50%	6,663
Franklin County	7,382	43.46%	7,300	42.97%	2,015	11.86%	290	1.71%	82	0.48%	16,987
Frederick County	10,608	57.61%	5,976	32.46%	1,599	8.68%	229	1.24%	4,632	25.16%	18,412
Giles County	2,566	38.15%	3,196	47.52%	841	12.50%	123	1.83%	-630	-9.37%	6,726
Gloucester County	6,447	51.20%	4,710	37.40%	1,266	10.05%	170	1.35%	1,737	13.79%	12,593
Goochland County	4,119	55.47%	2,784	37.49%	424	5.71%	98	1.32%	1,335	17.98%	7,425
Grayson County	3,004	46.92%	2,661	41.56%	675	10.54%	63	0.98%	343	5.36%	6,403
Greene County	2,351	55.29%	1,440	33.87%	346	8.14%	115	2.70%	911	21.43%	4,252
Greensville County	1,176	30.60%	2,381	61.96%	263	6.84%	23	0.60%	-1,205	-31.36%	3,843
Halifax County	6,490	49.07%	5,599	42.33%	876	6.62%	261	1.97%	891	6.74%	13,226
Hanover County	22,086	63.60%	9,880	28.45%	2,447	7.05%	311	0.90%	12,206	35.15%	34,724
Henrico County	54,430	53.37%	41,121	40.32%	5,920	5.80%	521	0.51%	13,309	13.05%	101,992
Henry County	9,110	43.64%	9,061	43.41%	2,370	11.35%	333	1.60%	49	0.23%	20,874
Highland County	631	51.68%	446	36.53%	134	10.97%	10	0.82%	185	15.15%	1,221
Isle of Wight County	5,416	47.64%	4,952	43.56%	893	7.85%	108	0.95%	464	4.08%	11,369
James City County	10,120	54.45%	7,247	38.99%	1,116	6.00%	103	0.55%	2,873	15.46%	18,586
King and Queen County	1,073	38.93%	1,393	50.54%	213	7.73%	77	2.79%	-320	-11.61%	2,756
King George County	2,597	53.62%	1,875	38.72%	341	7.04%	30	0.62%	722	14.91%	4,843
King William County	2,346	52.49%	1,765	39.49%	339	7.59%	19	0.43%	581	13.00%	4,469
Lancaster County	2,709	55.36%	1,844	37.69%	324	6.62%	16	0.33%	865	17.68%	4,893
Lee County	3,225	37.48%	4,444	51.65%	822	9.55%	113	1.31%	-1,219	-14.17%	8,604
Loudoun County	25,715	52.13%	19,942	40.43%	3,082	6.25%	591	1.20%	5,773	11.70%	49,330
Louisa County	3,768	45.27%	3,761	45.19%	693	8.33%	101	1.21%	7	0.08%	8,323
Lunenburg County	2,063	46.26%	1,995	44.73%	299	6.70%	103	2.31%	68	1.52%	4,460
Madison County	2,296	50.91%	1,734	38.45%	360	7.98%	120	2.66%	562	12.46%	4,510
Mathews County	2,206	51.78%	1,602	37.61%	403	9.46%	49	1.15%	604	14.18%	4,260
Mecklenburg County	4,933	48.00%	4,408	42.89%	789	7.68%	148	1.44%	525	5.11%	10,278
Middlesex County	2,141	49.83%	1,704	39.66%	350	8.15%	102	2.37%	437	10.17%	4,297
Montgomery County	10,517	43.28%	10,867	44.72%	2,594	10.68%	320	1.32%	-350	-1.44%	24,298
Nelson County	1,988	37.77%	2,782	52.85%	411	7.81%	83	1.58%	-794	-15.08%	5,264
New Kent County	2,852	54.15%	1,859	35.30%	520	9.87%	36	0.68%	993	18.85%	5,267
Northampton County	1,763	35.63%	2,569	51.92%	522	10.55%	94	1.90%	-806	-16.29%	4,948
Northumberland County	2,605	51.81%	1,957	38.92%	375	7.46%	91	1.81%	648	12.89%	5,028
Nottoway County	2,416	46.34%	2,327	44.63%	346	6.64%	125	2.40%	89	1.71%	5,214
Orange County	4,435	49.79%	3,590	40.30%	750	8.42%	133	1.49%	845	9.49%	8,908
Page County	3,876	51.83%	2,868	38.35%	640	8.56%	95	1.27%	1,008	13.48%	7,479
Patrick County	3,547	52.39%	2,301	33.98%	719	10.62%	204	3.01%	1,246	18.40%	6,771
Pittsylvania County	12,127	55.85%	7,681	35.37%	1,469	6.77%	437	2.01%	4,446	20.48%	21,714
Powhatan County	4,679	61.22%	2,254	29.49%	626	8.19%	84	1.10%	2,425	31.73%	7,643
Prince Edward County	2,530	44.56%	2,678	47.16%	403	7.10%	67	1.18%	-148	-2.61%	5,678
Prince George County	5,216	54.86%	3,498	36.79%	698	7.34%	95	1.00%	1,718	18.07%	9,507
Prince William County	39,292	50.09%	33,462	42.66%	4,881	6.22%	808	1.03%	5,830	7.43%	78,443
Pulaski County	5,387	43.78%	5,333	43.34%	1,399	11.37%	185	1.50%	54	0.44%	12,304
Rappahannock County	1,505	47.31%	1,405	44.17%	213	6.70%	58	1.82%	100	3.14%	3,181
Richmond County	1,424	50.91%	1,101	39.36%	201	7.19%	71	2.54%	323	11.55%	2,797
Roanoke County	20,700	52.51%	15,387	39.03%	2,934	7.44%	400	1.01%	5,313	13.48%	39,421
Rockbridge County	3,274	44.98%	3,116	42.81%	760	10.44%	129	1.77%	158	2.17%	7,279
Rockingham County	14,035	64.66%	5,867	27.03%	1,318	6.07%	487	2.24%	8,168	37.63%	21,707
Russell County	3,706	36.59%	5,437	53.68%	862	8.51%	123	1.21%	-1,731	-17.09%	10,128
Scott County	4,086	47.66%	3,449	40.23%	798	9.31%	240	2.80%	637	7.43%	8,573
Shenandoah County	7,440	56.02%	4,224	31.81%	1,353	10.19%	263	1.98%	3,216	24.22%	13,280
Smyth County	4,966	42.74%	4,990	42.95%	1,407	12.11%	256	2.20%	-24	-0.21%	11,619
Southampton County	2,275	33.88%	3,454	51.44%	564	8.40%	422	6.28%	-1,179	-17.56%	6,715
Spotsylvania County	13,786	52.62%	10,342	39.48%	1,860	7.10%	209	0.80%	3,444	13.15%	26,197
Stafford County	14,098	54.04%	9,902	37.95%	1,856	7.11%	233	0.89%	4,196	16.08%	26,089
Surry County	944	32.13%	1,753	59.67%	181	6.16%	60	2.04%	-809	-27.54%	2,938
Sussex County	1,378	36.34%	2,089	55.09%	256	6.75%	69	1.82%	-711	-18.75%	3,792
Tazewell County	6,131	39.71%	7,500	48.58%	1,554	10.06%	255	1.65%	-1,369	-8.87%	15,440
Warren County	4,657	48.25%	3,814	39.52%	904	9.37%	277	2.87%	843	8.73%	9,652
Washington County	9,098	50.07%	6,939	38.19%	1,654	9.10%	478	2.63%	2,159	11.88%	18,169
Westmoreland County	2,333	40.31%	2,949	50.95%	427	7.38%	79	1.36%	-616	-10.64%	5,788
Wise County	4,660	35.59%	6,712	51.27%	1,478	11.29%	242	1.85%	-2,052	-15.67%	13,092
Wythe County	4,274	49.99%	3,275	38.31%	955	11.17%	45	0.53%	999	11.69%	8,549
York County	11,396	54.95%	7,731	37.28%	1,469	7.08%	142	0.68%	3,665	17.67%	20,738
Alexandria City	15,554	34.26%	27,968	61.60%	1,472	3.24%	405	0.89%	-12,414	-27.34%	45,399
Bedford City	990	42.84%	1,065	46.08%	212	9.17%	44	1.90%	-75	-3.25%	2,311
Bristol City	2,983	49.50%	2,586	42.91%	429	7.12%	28	0.46%	397	6.59%	6,026
Buena Vista City	713	34.66%	1,090	52.99%	216	10.50%	38	1.85%	-377	-18.33%	2,057
Charlottesville City	4,091	31.99%	7,916	61.90%	565	4.42%	217	1.70%	-3,825	-29.91%	12,789
Chesapeake City	29,251	46.66%	28,713	45.80%	4,456	7.11%	266	0.42%	538	0.86%	62,686
Clifton Forge City	486	29.62%	974	59.35%	147	8.96%	34	2.07%	-488	-29.74%	1,641
Colonial Heights City	4,632	66.62%	1,782	25.63%	518	7.45%	21	0.30%	2,850	40.99%	6,953
Covington City	763	31.10%	1,394	56.83%	255	10.40%	41	1.67%	-631	-25.72%	2,453
Danville City	9,254	49.97%	8,168	44.11%	762	4.11%	335	1.81%	1,086	5.86%	18,519
Emporia City	835	40.65%	1,103	53.70%	98	4.77%	18	0.88%	-268	-13.05%	2,054
Fairfax City	4,319	49.39%	3,909	44.70%	422	4.83%	95	1.09%	410	4.69%	8,745
Falls Church City	1,644	38.38%	2,375	55.44%	202	4.72%	63	1.47%	-731	-17.06%	4,284
Franklin City	1,200	35.45%	1,962	57.96%	201	5.94%	22	0.65%	-762	-22.51%	3,385
Fredericksburg City	2,579	41.84%	3,215	52.16%	300	4.87%	70	1.14%	-636	-10.32%	6,164
Galax City	910	41.72%	1,033	47.36%	221	10.13%	17	0.78%	-123	-5.64%	2,181
Hampton City	16,596	37.29%	24,493	55.03%	2,783	6.25%	635	1.43%	-7,897	-17.74%	44,507
Harrisonburg City	4,945	55.33%	3,346	37.44%	434	4.86%	212	2.37%	1,599	17.89%	8,937
Hopewell City	3,493	49.46%	2,868	40.61%	550	7.79%	151	2.14%	625	8.85%	7,062
Lexington City	850	41.56%	1,059	51.78%	112	5.48%	24	1.17%	-209	-10.22%	2,045
Lynchburg City	11,441	49.72%	10,281	44.68%	1,155	5.02%	135	0.59%	1,160	5.04%	23,012
Manassas City	5,799	52.91%	4,378	39.95%	670	6.11%	113	1.03%	1,421	12.97%	10,960
Manassas Park City	916	49.84%	748	40.70%	151	8.22%	23	1.25%	168	9.14%	1,838
Martinsville City	2,446	41.87%	2,941	50.34%	387	6.62%	68	1.16%	-495	-8.47%	5,842
Newport News City	23,072	42.50%	27,678	50.98%	3,090	5.69%	448	0.83%	-4,606	-8.48%	54,288
Norfolk City	18,693	31.09%	37,655	62.63%	3,435	5.71%	341	0.57%	-18,962	-31.54%	60,124
Norton City	416	30.10%	802	58.03%	138	9.99%	26	1.88%	-386	-27.93%	1,382
Petersburg City	2,261	20.76%	8,105	74.43%	423	3.88%	101	0.93%	-5,844	-53.66%	10,890
Poquoson City	3,422	64.86%	1,409	26.71%	400	7.58%	45	0.85%	2,013	38.15%	5,276
Portsmouth City	10,686	30.18%	22,150	62.55%	2,238	6.32%	335	0.95%	-11,464	-32.38%	35,409
Radford City	1,742	40.67%	2,113	49.33%	381	8.90%	47	1.10%	-371	-8.66%	4,283
Richmond City	20,993	31.30%	42,273	63.02%	2,762	4.12%	1,050	1.57%	-21,280	-31.72%	67,078
Roanoke City	12,283	38.37%	17,282	53.98%	2,169	6.77%	282	0.88%	-4,999	-15.61%	32,016
Salem City	4,936	48.97%	4,282	42.48%	796	7.90%	65	0.64%	654	6.49%	10,079
Staunton City	4,526	53.66%	3,162	37.49%	605	7.17%	142	1.68%	1,364	16.17%	8,435
Suffolk City	8,572	41.30%	10,827	52.17%	1,266	6.10%	89	0.43%	-2,255	-10.87%	20,754
Virginia Beach City	63,741	50.61%	52,142	41.40%	9,328	7.41%	732	0.58%	11,599	9.21%	125,943
Waynesboro City	3,466	52.71%	2,398	36.47%	462	7.03%	250	3.80%	1,068	16.24%	6,576
Williamsburg City	1,560	43.43%	1,820	50.67%	162	4.51%	50	1.39%	-260	-7.24%	3,592
Winchester City	3,681	50.97%	3,027	41.91%	434	6.01%	80	1.11%	654	9.06%	7,222
Totals	1,138,350	47.10%	1,091,060	45.15%	159,861	6.62%	27,371	1.13%	47,290	1.96%	2,416,642

Notes

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

References

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