Virginia 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Virginia 1956 presidential election with 384,820 votes (55.4%), a margin of R+17.0. Virginia's 13 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

38.4%

55.4%

266,571

Democratic Candidate (38.4%)

384,820

Republican Candidate (55.4%)

Total Votes: 695,069|Margin: R+17.0

County Results

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County Results (124 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Lunenburg County	D+22.7	R+2.1	R+21.2	2,339	R+6.4%
Charlotte County	D+22.5	R+4.7	R+24.5	2,839	R+3.7%
Nelson County	D+22.0	D+12.1	R+15.6	2,054	R+2.5%
Southampton County	D+20.5	D+5.3	R+17.0	3,655	R+5.8%
Dinwiddie County	D+18.1	D+1.5	R+13.1	2,628	R+1.3%
Brunswick County	D+17.7	D+19.1	D+1.5	3,160	R+1.9%
Pittsylvania County	D+16.2	R+21.5	R+33.4	7,794	D+0.5%
Surry County	D+14.6	D+28.1	D+12.3	1,307	R+1.1%
Halifax County	D+11.9	R+2.3	R+24.4	5,799	R+6.4%
Mecklenburg County	D+11.4	R+11.9	R+32.4	4,434	R+2.8%
Amherst County	D+11.3	R+18.2	R+34.1	3,590	R+7.9%
Greensville County	D+10.8	D+14.7	D+1.0	2,490	R+1.1%
Patrick County	D+10.8	R+17.2	R+41.9	3,062	D+2.5%
Appomattox County	D+10.8	R+25.0	R+38.3	2,086	D+9.4%
Chesapeake city	D+9.7	R+2.0	R+24.2	3,609	R+13.9%
Wise County	D+6.6	D+7.7	R+3.9	10,495	R+2.8%
Buchanan County	D+6.2	D+11.4	D+21.3	6,831	R+15.1%
Nottoway County	D+3.5	R+3.9	R+19.4	3,329	D+6.1%
Dickenson County	D+3.5	D+6.1	D+10.5	7,153	R+1.3%
Sussex County	D+3.3	D+18.3	D+4.8	1,997	R+0.4%
Suffolk city	D+3.1	D+11.2	R+6.7	7,172	R+9.1%
Henry County	D+2.9	D+3.0	R+28.7	5,102	R+7.8%
Portsmouth city	D+2.6	D+20.1	D+6.6	11,436	R+23.5%
Craig County	D+1.6	D+10.0	R+16.1	993	R+5.5%
Russell County	D+1.3	D+9.1	D+8.1	7,224	R+3.8%
Isle of Wight County	D+0.9	D+5.5	R+21.4	2,757	R+9.4%
Rappahannock County	D+0.8	R+5.2	R+25.7	1,075	D+9.7%
Franklin County	D+0.4	D+6.2	R+21.8	4,354	R+0.5%
Campbell County	R+2.6	R+34.8	R+50.3	5,916	R+7.7%
Caroline County	R+2.7	D+16.6	D+2.6	1,969	R+8.0%
Prince George County	R+3.2	R+18.3	R+39.9	1,490	R+9.2%
Colonial Heights city	R+3.7	R+47.0	R+67.7	2,172	R+0.2%
Clarke County	R+3.7	R+22.0	R+34.9	1,605	D+2.3%
Bristol city	R+4.3	R+8.3	R+34.6	3,457	D+0.4%
Prince William County	R+4.3	R+26.3	R+38.1	3,970	R+5.4%
Virginia Beach city	R+4.9	R+29.1	R+49.0	11,796	D+1.9%
Northampton County	R+5.3	D+4.2	R+13.1	2,477	R+4.6%
Norfolk city	R+5.7	D+11.3	D+3.4	45,445	R+2.8%
Giles County	R+5.8	D+9.4	R+17.3	4,379	D+0.2%
Buckingham County	R+6.0	D+1.8	R+16.3	1,721	R+12.2%
Tazewell County	R+6.2	R+0.1	R+9.1	7,535	D+6.0%
Alexandria city	R+7.2	R+1.8	D+5.3	16,449	D+6.8%
King George County	R+7.3	R+14.0	R+23.6	1,267	R+0.5%
Bedford County	R+8.3	R+13.2	R+34.7	6,046	D+0.9%
Falls Church city	R+8.3	R+16.4	R+5.6	2,752	D+11.4%
Lee County	R+10.0	D+3.6	R+2.7	8,304	R+5.8%
Spotsylvania County	R+10.5	R+13.5	R+34.1	2,395	R+11.3%
Norton city	R+10.6	D+13.6	D+2.2	1,241	—
Loudoun County	R+11.4	R+26.3	R+36.5	4,660	R+1.3%
Accomack County	R+11.7	R+4.7	R+29.6	5,204	R+3.4%
Arlington County	R+13.1	R+6.5	D+3.0	39,725	D+9.3%
Washington County	R+13.4	R+12.9	R+36.8	8,250	D+2.3%
Fairfax County	R+13.8	R+26.7	R+26.1	37,267	D+8.2%
Newport News city	R+13.8	R+0.8	R+21.1	15,735	R+19.9%
Frederick County	R+14.2	R+40.3	R+56.0	3,360	D+1.0%
Fauquier County	R+14.3	R+22.8	R+43.3	3,802	R+1.5%
Hopewell city	R+14.7	R+16.8	R+37.3	3,539	R+15.2%
Louisa County	R+14.7	D+3.1	R+16.6	2,429	R+9.6%
Bland County	R+15.4	R+11.8	R+35.1	1,947	R+0.7%
Goochland County	R+16.1	R+2.7	R+21.8	1,493	R+22.9%
Prince Edward County	R+16.7	R+3.9	R+14.1	2,965	D+2.2%
Scott County	R+17.4	R+4.6	R+19.3	8,754	D+4.9%
Cumberland County	R+17.8	R+5.3	R+23.7	1,319	R+8.3%
Westmoreland County	R+17.8	R+4.8	R+15.1	1,897	D+1.5%
Hampton city	R+17.9	D+4.0	R+16.7	12,983	R+12.6%
Highland County	R+18.4	R+20.7	R+42.6	1,091	D+6.4%
Amelia County	R+19.8	R+8.8	R+23.8	1,728	R+11.5%
Warren County	R+20.0	R+18.3	R+32.3	3,405	R+3.9%
Culpeper County	R+20.1	R+24.7	R+42.2	2,661	D+0.7%
Bath County	R+20.6	D+3.9	R+32.5	1,264	D+5.1%
Alleghany County	R+20.7	R+5.6	R+17.4	3,884	R+14.4%
Madison County	R+21.2	R+17.3	R+35.0	1,495	D+9.1%
Martinsville city	R+21.3	R+1.4	R+17.8	3,561	R+9.3%
Orange County	R+21.9	R+15.6	R+32.2	2,510	D+2.9%
Stafford County	R+22.1	R+24.0	R+39.7	2,652	R+8.7%
King and Queen County	R+22.7	D+8.3	R+9.3	906	R+19.3%
Chesterfield County	R+22.8	R+46.3	R+59.8	10,894	R+11.1%
Fluvanna County	R+23.3	R+5.7	R+25.3	1,363	R+6.9%
Petersburg city	R+23.6	D+22.1	D+23.2	5,449	R+14.3%
York County	R+23.7	R+18.2	R+42.9	2,927	R+21.9%
Botetourt County	R+24.0	R+8.3	R+29.2	3,758	R+1.0%
Buena Vista city	R+24.4	D+4.3	R+29.5	897	R+11.1%
Grayson County	R+24.8	R+9.5	R+31.8	6,496	R+1.0%
Albemarle County	R+25.0	R+16.0	R+28.7	4,386	R+3.9%
Essex County	R+25.0	R+10.1	R+23.8	1,076	R+19.4%
Radford city	R+25.9	D+5.8	R+23.0	3,058	R+10.2%
Gloucester County	R+26.2	R+14.2	R+42.7	2,276	R+20.7%
Fredericksburg city	R+26.6	R+6.6	R+17.8	2,775	R+4.0%
Page County	R+26.8	R+23.7	R+34.4	3,781	D+2.6%
Pulaski County	R+27.3	D+0.2	R+30.5	5,578	R+3.1%
Hanover County	R+27.7	R+43.6	R+58.9	4,202	R+8.1%
Danville city	R+27.9	R+26.1	R+34.7	7,726	R+10.2%
Middlesex County	R+30.8	R+12.4	R+36.2	1,243	R+14.6%
Powhatan County	R+32.0	R+31.7	R+47.7	1,348	R+26.4%
Wythe County	R+32.4	R+12.3	R+38.3	5,307	D+4.3%
Charlottesville city	R+32.6	D+6.6	D+2.6	6,023	R+12.2%
Lynchburg city	R+32.8	R+30.6	R+35.5	10,502	R+3.2%
Smyth County	R+33.3	R+5.9	R+35.1	7,204	R+3.0%
Williamsburg city	R+33.4	R+4.9	R+13.1	1,238	R+8.9%
Greene County	R+34.5	R+27.6	R+48.5	849	D+1.7%
James City County	R+35.7	R+15.2	R+33.9	1,164	R+15.1%
Rockbridge County	R+36.1	R+5.4	R+31.8	3,418	R+3.9%
Henrico County	R+36.3	R+39.0	R+49.8	21,101	R+3.0%
King William County	R+37.1	R+16.4	R+31.6	1,427	R+21.7%
Galax city	R+37.3	R+5.5	R+30.9	1,114	—
Richmond city	R+37.5	D+15.3	D+12.0	44,291	R+16.8%
New Kent County	R+37.7	R+17.6	R+37.8	880	R+31.3%
Augusta County	R+38.9	R+33.9	R+59.0	5,092	D+1.3%
Mathews County	R+39.3	R+24.3	R+44.0	1,556	R+11.3%
Shenandoah County	R+39.8	R+39.1	R+52.7	6,019	D+2.5%
Carroll County	R+39.8	R+25.6	R+41.2	5,828	R+2.3%
Northumberland County	R+40.2	R+24.2	R+38.0	1,900	R+3.8%
Roanoke city	R+41.3	D+8.5	R+4.7	24,082	R+9.2%
Winchester city	R+41.8	R+33.7	R+41.8	3,419	R+3.4%
Floyd County	R+41.9	R+18.6	R+36.1	2,796	D+2.5%
Montgomery County	R+41.9	R+4.4	R+26.4	6,559	R+0.4%
Roanoke County	R+42.9	R+16.4	R+37.5	10,753	R+4.7%
Richmond County	R+43.4	R+28.6	R+38.1	1,121	R+5.4%
Waynesboro city	R+45.1	R+29.6	R+47.5	2,886	R+5.7%
Rockingham County	R+45.1	R+34.2	R+52.0	6,027	D+1.3%
Lancaster County	R+51.6	R+26.6	R+36.8	1,953	R+27.8%
Charles City County	R+53.1	D+49.6	D+38.7	917	R+70.8%
Staunton city	R+53.2	R+27.3	R+50.3	3,881	R+6.9%
Harrisonburg city	R+58.6	R+25.7	R+37.0	2,893	R+2.8%

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