Virginia 1960 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Virginia 1960 presidential election with 403,714 votes (52.4%), a margin of R+5.4. Virginia's 13 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

47.0%

52.4%

361,850

Democratic Candidate (47.0%)

403,714

Republican Candidate (52.4%)

Total Votes: 770,162|Margin: R+5.4

County Results

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County Results (125 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Surry County	D+42.0	D+28.1	D+12.3	1,443	D+27.4%
Southampton County	D+37.4	D+5.3	R+17.0	4,125	D+16.9%
Brunswick County	D+34.7	D+19.1	D+1.5	2,932	D+17.0%
Charlotte County	D+32.9	R+4.7	R+24.5	2,635	D+10.4%
Suffolk city	D+32.0	D+11.2	R+6.7	8,157	D+28.9%
Nelson County	D+31.1	D+12.1	R+15.6	2,268	D+9.1%
Charles City County	D+29.7	D+49.6	D+38.7	964	D+82.8%
Dinwiddie County	D+29.0	D+1.5	R+13.1	2,686	D+10.9%
Isle of Wight County	D+27.7	D+5.5	R+21.4	3,177	D+26.7%
Sussex County	D+27.1	D+18.3	D+4.8	1,993	D+23.8%
Caroline County	D+26.2	D+16.6	D+2.6	2,367	D+28.9%
Lunenburg County	D+25.8	R+2.1	R+21.2	2,379	D+3.1%
Chesapeake city	D+23.1	R+2.0	R+24.2	3,521	D+13.4%
Greensville County	D+22.4	D+14.7	D+1.0	2,766	D+11.5%
Amherst County	D+22.0	R+18.2	R+34.1	3,747	D+10.8%
Buchanan County	D+21.9	D+11.4	D+21.3	6,099	D+15.7%
Wise County	D+20.0	D+7.7	R+3.9	9,716	D+13.4%
Halifax County	D+19.8	R+2.3	R+24.4	4,508	D+7.9%
Henry County	D+17.4	D+3.0	R+28.7	5,643	D+14.6%
Nottoway County	D+17.1	R+3.9	R+19.4	3,286	D+13.6%
Tazewell County	D+16.9	R+0.1	R+9.1	7,574	D+23.0%
Franklin County	D+16.8	D+6.2	R+21.8	5,016	D+16.4%
Portsmouth city	D+16.7	D+20.1	D+6.6	25,916	D+14.2%
Northampton County	D+16.4	D+4.2	R+13.1	2,392	D+21.7%
Prince George County	D+14.8	R+18.3	R+39.9	1,725	D+18.0%
Mecklenburg County	D+13.2	R+11.9	R+32.4	4,534	D+1.8%
Appomattox County	D+13.1	R+25.0	R+38.3	2,208	D+2.3%
Norfolk city	D+12.3	D+11.3	D+3.4	39,473	D+18.1%
Rappahannock County	D+12.1	R+5.2	R+25.7	975	D+11.3%
Dickenson County	D+11.1	D+6.1	D+10.5	4,960	D+7.6%
Virginia Beach city	D+10.8	R+29.1	R+49.0	13,164	D+15.7%
King and Queen County	D+10.6	D+8.3	R+9.3	983	D+33.3%
Buckingham County	D+10.6	D+1.8	R+16.3	1,724	D+16.5%
Craig County	D+10.4	D+10.0	R+16.1	967	D+8.8%
Patrick County	D+9.7	R+17.2	R+41.9	3,028	R+1.2%
Lee County	D+6.9	D+3.6	R+2.7	7,265	D+17.0%
Spotsylvania County	D+6.9	R+13.5	R+34.1	2,799	D+17.4%
Russell County	D+6.9	D+9.1	D+8.1	6,554	D+5.6%
Clarke County	D+6.9	R+22.0	R+34.9	1,736	D+10.6%
Prince William County	D+6.4	R+26.3	R+38.1	5,639	D+10.8%
Alexandria city	D+4.5	R+1.8	D+5.3	18,551	D+11.7%
Giles County	D+4.3	D+9.4	R+17.3	4,327	D+10.1%
Covington city	D+4.1	D+19.9	R+10.5	3,001	—
Bedford County	D+3.9	R+13.2	R+34.7	6,081	D+12.2%
Pittsylvania County	D+3.8	R+21.5	R+33.4	7,954	R+12.5%
Accomack County	D+3.7	R+4.7	R+29.6	5,581	D+15.4%
Falls Church city	D+3.3	R+16.4	R+5.6	3,165	D+11.6%
Louisa County	D+3.0	D+3.1	R+16.6	2,458	D+17.7%
King George County	D+2.3	R+14.0	R+23.6	1,410	D+9.5%
Petersburg city	D+2.2	D+22.1	D+23.2	5,803	D+25.8%
Campbell County	D+2.1	R+34.8	R+50.3	5,970	D+4.7%
Stafford County	D+1.6	R+24.0	R+39.7	2,965	D+23.6%
Goochland County	D+0.6	R+2.7	R+21.8	1,749	D+16.7%
Warren County	D+0.2	R+18.3	R+32.3	3,720	D+20.2%
Gloucester County	R+0.5	R+14.2	R+42.7	2,620	D+25.7%
Martinsville city	R+0.9	R+1.4	R+17.8	3,517	D+20.4%
Bath County	R+1.3	D+3.9	R+32.5	1,277	D+19.2%
Alleghany County	R+1.5	R+5.6	R+17.4	4,151	D+19.2%
Bland County	R+1.6	R+11.8	R+35.1	1,671	D+13.9%
James City County	R+1.6	R+15.2	R+33.9	1,729	D+34.1%
Norton city	R+2.1	D+13.6	D+2.2	1,076	D+8.5%
Loudoun County	R+2.6	R+26.3	R+36.5	4,954	D+8.8%
King William County	R+3.1	R+16.4	R+31.6	1,549	D+34.0%
Hampton city	R+3.3	D+4.0	R+16.7	14,808	D+14.6%
Arlington County	R+3.3	R+6.5	D+3.0	45,977	D+9.7%
Fairfax County	R+3.6	R+26.7	R+26.1	54,219	D+10.2%
Fauquier County	R+4.0	R+22.8	R+43.3	4,094	D+10.3%
New Kent County	R+4.4	R+17.6	R+37.8	1,018	D+33.3%
Amelia County	R+5.0	R+8.8	R+23.8	1,524	D+14.8%
Bristol city	R+5.1	R+8.3	R+34.6	3,299	R+0.8%
Westmoreland County	R+6.4	R+4.8	R+15.1	2,219	D+11.4%
Buena Vista city	R+6.5	D+4.3	R+29.5	918	D+17.9%
Colonial Heights city	R+6.7	R+47.0	R+67.7	2,581	R+3.0%
Newport News city	R+7.5	R+0.8	R+21.1	18,855	D+6.3%
Washington County	R+7.7	R+12.9	R+36.8	8,347	D+5.7%
Frederick County	R+7.9	R+40.3	R+56.0	3,835	D+6.3%
Prince Edward County	R+8.2	R+3.9	R+14.1	3,214	D+8.5%
Fredericksburg city	R+8.2	R+6.6	R+17.8	2,915	D+18.4%
Essex County	R+8.7	R+10.1	R+23.8	1,117	D+16.3%
Hopewell city	R+9.1	R+16.8	R+37.3	3,999	D+5.6%
Culpeper County	R+10.0	R+24.7	R+42.2	2,971	D+10.1%
York County	R+10.4	R+18.2	R+42.9	3,795	D+13.4%
Cumberland County	R+10.5	R+5.3	R+23.7	1,262	D+7.4%
Fluvanna County	R+10.7	R+5.7	R+25.3	1,390	D+12.5%
Charlottesville city	R+11.4	D+6.6	D+2.6	6,628	D+21.2%
Orange County	R+11.7	R+15.6	R+32.2	2,603	D+10.2%
Scott County	R+13.1	R+4.6	R+19.3	8,744	D+4.3%
Highland County	R+13.5	R+20.7	R+42.6	932	D+4.9%
Botetourt County	R+14.2	R+8.3	R+29.2	3,802	D+9.9%
Radford city	R+14.5	D+5.8	R+23.0	2,912	D+11.4%
Wythe County	R+15.9	R+12.3	R+38.3	4,993	D+16.4%
Grayson County	R+17.4	R+9.5	R+31.8	6,638	D+7.4%
Middlesex County	R+17.8	R+12.4	R+36.2	1,402	D+13.1%
Pulaski County	R+18.3	D+0.2	R+30.5	5,207	D+9.0%
Lynchburg city	R+18.8	R+30.6	R+35.5	12,256	D+13.9%
Powhatan County	R+18.9	R+31.7	R+47.7	1,328	D+13.1%
Williamsburg city	R+19.3	R+4.9	R+13.1	1,220	D+14.1%
Smyth County	R+19.5	R+5.9	R+35.1	7,138	D+13.8%
Albemarle County	R+19.6	R+16.0	R+28.7	5,272	D+5.4%
Hanover County	R+19.6	R+43.6	R+58.9	5,085	D+8.1%
Lancaster County	R+19.8	R+26.6	R+36.8	2,250	D+31.8%
Rockbridge County	R+21.3	R+5.4	R+31.8	3,585	D+14.8%
Richmond city	R+21.4	D+15.3	D+12.0	45,205	D+16.1%
Northumberland County	R+21.8	R+24.2	R+38.0	2,211	D+18.4%
Madison County	R+21.9	R+17.3	R+35.0	1,653	R+0.7%
Mathews County	R+22.1	R+24.3	R+44.0	1,754	D+17.3%
Chesterfield County	R+24.0	R+46.3	R+59.8	15,859	R+1.2%
Roanoke city	R+24.8	D+8.5	R+4.7	24,453	D+16.6%
Page County	R+25.4	R+23.7	R+34.4	4,331	D+1.4%
Galax city	R+26.1	R+5.5	R+30.9	1,377	D+11.2%
Greene County	R+29.0	R+27.6	R+48.5	892	D+5.5%
Danville city	R+30.2	R+26.1	R+34.7	7,794	R+2.4%
Richmond County	R+30.5	R+28.6	R+38.1	1,233	D+12.9%
Winchester city	R+31.7	R+33.7	R+41.8	3,545	D+10.1%
Carroll County	R+32.8	R+25.6	R+41.2	5,589	D+7.0%
Montgomery County	R+32.8	R+4.4	R+26.4	6,445	D+9.1%
Henrico County	R+33.6	R+39.0	R+49.8	29,235	D+2.8%
Shenandoah County	R+33.7	R+39.1	R+52.7	6,199	D+6.1%
Roanoke County	R+34.9	R+16.4	R+37.5	13,532	D+8.0%
Augusta County	R+35.4	R+33.9	R+59.0	5,989	D+3.5%
Staunton city	R+38.6	R+27.3	R+50.3	4,032	D+14.6%
Waynesboro city	R+39.8	R+29.6	R+47.5	3,513	D+5.3%
Floyd County	R+40.4	R+18.6	R+36.1	2,759	D+1.4%
Rockingham County	R+40.8	R+34.2	R+52.0	6,872	D+4.3%
Harrisonburg city	R+44.3	R+25.7	R+37.0	3,015	D+14.2%

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