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Virginia voted for Republicans in nearly every presidential election from 1952 to 2004 except for the Democratic landslide in President Johnson's election in 1964. This former streak started when Richard Nixon began the Southern Strategy , and is the longest among the former Confederate States .
Virginia was the only such state to vote for Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter in 1976. Since 2008, Virginia has voted for Democrats in presidential elections, including Barack Obama; in 2016 and 2024, Virginia was the only former Confederate state to vote for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris over Donald Trump.
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.
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin acknowledged disappointment Wednesday with election results that gave Democrats control of both the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate, but pledged to work with ...
The last gubernatorial election was in 2021, and the next will occur in 2025. The governor serves as chief executive officer of Virginia and as commander-in-chief of its militia. The Constitution does not allow a governor to succeed himself in office (though a governor is allowed to serve multiple non-consecutive terms).
Super delegate Sen. Tim Kaine, who is up for re-election this year, ... The Democratic Party of Virginia also has 20 automatic, or “super” delegates. Virginia Democratic Party Chair Susan ...
The Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA/VA Dems) is the Virginia affiliate of the Democratic Party based in Richmond, Virginia. [2] Historically, the Democratic Party has dominated Virginia politics. Since the 1851 Virginia gubernatorial election, the first gubernatorial election in Virginia in which the governor was elected by direct popular ...
Virginia is holding the first special election of the year in what is being billed as a test for Democratic enthusiasm ahead of the state’s gubernatorial race later this year. Democrats are ...