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Virginia, one of the original 13 colonies and birthplace of four of the first five U.S. presidents, joined the Union in June 1788. In 1792, Virginia controlled 15.9% of all electoral votes, the largest concentration in U.S. history. The Commonwealth did not participate in the 1864 and 1868 elections due to secession. From the post-Civil War Reconstruction period through 1948, Virginians almost always sided with the Democratic Party in elections. However, from 1952 through 2004, Virginia was reliably Republican (except for the landslide of Lyndon Johnson over Barry Goldwater in 1964). What changed? In the early 1950s, Virginia politics was controlled by Democratic Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr., and his political machine. For the 1952 cycle, Byrd announced he would not be endorsing a candidate, saying “Silence is Golden.” People knew this meant that it would be okay to vote for the Republican Dwight Eisenhower.

Shifting demographics, including more rapid population growth around Washington D.C., made the state a more competitive battleground beginning in the 1990s. However, this didn't put Democrats over the top until 2008. Three elections later, the state wasn't seriously in play for the GOP. Joe Biden won by ten points over Donald Trump in 2020.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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Recent Presidential Elections

2020

54.1%

44.0%

2016

49.7%

44.4%

2012

51.2%

47.3%

2008

52.6%

46.3%

2004

45.5%

53.7%

2000

44.4%

52.5%

1996

45.2%

47.1%

1992

40.6%

45.0%

1988

39.2%

59.7%

1984

37.1%

62.3%

1980

40.3%

53.0%

1976

48.0%

49.3%

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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

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Electoral College Votes

Federalist

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Republican

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

Gray indicates available electoral votes that were either not cast or cast for a candidate not on the ballot.

An empty column indicates the state did not participate in that election.

U.S. Senate Voting History

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Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024
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4	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D
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6	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D
8	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
9	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
10	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D
11			D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

The state had an additional redistricting before 1998, and 2016. Same caution about borders applies.

Governor Voting History

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Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

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