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The Democratic margin of victory also made 2012 the first time since 1948 that Virginia voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole, albeit by a narrow advantage of 0.02%: These were ultimately signs of Virginia's continuing leftward shift, after it had been a mostly reliable state for Republicans on the presidential level since 1952.
The Old Dominion’s 13 electoral votes are among the most coveted electoral prizes for both presidential campaigns. It is also a battleground at the Senate level, where former Gov. Tim Kaine (D) is facing former Sen. George Allen (R); and the 2nd district House race is also worth keeping an eye on.
Mitt Romney won the Virginia Republican primary with 59.5% of the vote compared to the Ron Paul's 40.5%.. Later in the year Romney went on to stand against Barack Obama as a Republican in the 2012 US presidential election however Romney failed to secure the state's seat, losing out to Democratic candidate Barack Obama who gained 51.1% of the Virginian vote.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Virginia, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Virginia has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864 during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the election of 1868, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
Maps and electoral vote counts for the 2012 presidential election. Our latest estimate has Obama at 281 electoral votes and Romney at 191.
Likewise, Virginia Presidential Election Results reported by The New York Times show Harris won the race at 51.8% (or 2,227,756 votes) compared to Trump at 46.6% (or 2,003,384 votes).
The 2012 election marked the first time since 1988 in which no state was won by a candidate with a plurality of the state's popular vote. Furthermore, it is the only post-World War II presidential election in which no states were won by margins smaller than 30,000
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Democrat Barack Obama, and Red denotes those won by Republican Mitt Romney. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 33 of 100 seats: Net seat change: Democratic +2: 2012 ...