Virginia 1968 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Virginia 1968 presidential election with 590,319 votes (43.4%), a margin of R+10.9. Virginia's 13 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

32.5%

43.4%

442,387

Democratic Candidate (32.5%)

590,319

Republican Candidate (43.4%)

Total Votes: 1,361,491|Margin: R+10.9

County Results

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County Results (130 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Charles City County	D+58.0	D+49.6	D+38.7	1,960	D+6.1%
Greensville County	D+26.5	D+14.7	D+1.0	3,165	D+26.1%
Surry County	D+25.5	D+28.1	D+12.3	2,366	D+0.7%
Caroline County	D+22.7	D+16.6	D+2.6	4,426	R+5.0%
Petersburg city	D+18.3	D+22.1	D+23.2	11,169	D+2.0%
Portsmouth city	D+16.9	D+20.1	D+6.6	37,381	R+14.2%
King and Queen County	D+15.1	D+8.3	R+9.3	2,073	R+7.8%
Brunswick County	D+15.0	D+19.1	D+1.5	5,147	D+30.2%
Suffolk city	D+13.7	D+11.2	R+6.7	13,398	D+9.9%
Buchanan County	D+13.3	D+11.4	D+21.3	9,816	R+20.5%
New Kent County	D+12.6	R+17.6	R+37.8	1,904	R+17.3%
Isle of Wight County	D+11.8	D+5.5	R+21.4	5,635	D+15.3%
Sussex County	D+11.5	D+18.3	D+4.8	3,794	R+1.8%
Powhatan County	D+10.6	R+31.7	R+47.7	2,663	R+11.6%
Richmond city	D+9.7	D+15.3	D+12.0	66,668	R+3.7%
Norfolk city	D+9.4	D+11.3	D+3.4	65,829	R+17.7%
Southampton County	D+8.1	D+5.3	R+17.0	5,262	D+19.2%
Wise County	D+7.4	D+7.7	R+3.9	12,606	R+2.6%
Cumberland County	D+5.5	R+5.3	R+23.7	2,432	D+17.0%
Goochland County	D+5.0	R+2.7	R+21.8	3,461	R+2.8%
Essex County	D+4.9	R+10.1	R+23.8	2,164	D+6.8%
Norton city	D+4.7	D+13.6	D+2.2	1,267	R+33.1%
Alexandria city	D+3.4	R+1.8	D+5.3	31,816	D+4.8%
Tazewell County	D+2.6	R+0.1	R+9.1	11,338	R+3.3%
Chesapeake city	D+2.5	R+2.0	R+24.2	24,760	R+17.7%
Hampton city	D+2.4	D+4.0	R+16.7	32,606	D+1.0%
James City County	D+1.9	R+15.2	R+33.9	4,065	R+19.0%
Dinwiddie County	D+1.9	D+1.5	R+13.1	5,257	R+0.1%
Pittsylvania County	D+1.7	R+21.5	R+33.4	19,890	D+5.3%
Newport News city	D+1.6	R+0.8	R+21.1	37,069	R+16.6%
Henry County	D+1.5	D+3.0	R+28.7	15,224	D+40.7%
Martinsville city	D+1.5	R+1.4	R+17.8	7,276	R+22.1%
Northampton County	D+0.2	D+4.2	R+13.1	3,974	R+29.1%
Charlotte County	D+0.1	R+4.7	R+24.5	4,265	D+24.7%
Lunenburg County	R+0.0	R+2.1	R+21.2	4,012	R+11.7%
Nelson County	R+0.3	D+12.1	R+15.6	3,426	D+8.3%
Spotsylvania County	R+0.6	R+13.5	R+34.1	4,926	R+4.1%
Dickenson County	R+0.8	D+6.1	D+10.5	7,415	R+24.6%
Mecklenburg County	R+0.9	R+11.9	R+32.4	9,478	R+0.4%
Amelia County	R+1.1	R+8.8	R+23.8	2,528	D+19.7%
Buckingham County	R+1.3	D+1.8	R+16.3	3,204	D+12.0%
Nottoway County	R+1.8	R+3.9	R+19.4	4,830	D+0.5%
Fredericksburg city	R+2.1	R+6.6	R+17.8	5,068	R+25.3%
Falls Church city	R+3.3	R+16.4	R+5.6	4,382	R+22.4%
Arlington County	R+3.4	R+6.5	D+3.0	61,326	R+27.4%
Russell County	R+3.4	D+9.1	D+8.1	8,872	R+11.7%
Lee County	R+3.7	D+3.6	R+2.7	9,399	D+10.7%
King George County	R+4.5	R+14.0	R+23.6	2,195	R+10.4%
Louisa County	R+5.5	D+3.1	R+16.6	3,964	R+30.0%
Prince George County	R+6.0	R+18.3	R+39.9	4,761	D+3.9%
Prince Edward County	R+6.2	R+3.9	R+14.1	4,666	D+9.1%
Williamsburg city	R+6.7	R+4.9	R+13.1	2,474	R+19.3%
Westmoreland County	R+7.0	R+4.8	R+15.1	3,506	R+20.9%
Franklin city	R+7.0	D+11.4	R+0.8	2,256	R+35.2%
Emporia city	R+7.1	R+7.0	R+21.4	2,191	R+35.3%
Accomack County	R+8.3	R+4.7	R+29.6	9,181	R+14.1%
Bristol city	R+9.1	R+8.3	R+34.6	4,377	R+15.3%
Gloucester County	R+9.4	R+14.2	R+42.7	4,364	R+18.2%
Halifax County	R+9.5	R+2.3	R+24.4	11,689	D+18.6%
Covington city	R+9.9	D+19.9	R+10.5	3,595	R+12.6%
Northumberland County	R+10.3	R+24.2	R+38.0	3,492	R+10.9%
Giles County	R+10.8	D+9.4	R+17.3	6,277	R+33.6%
Fairfax County	R+10.8	R+26.7	R+26.1	117,319	R+33.3%
York County	R+10.8	R+18.2	R+42.9	9,088	R+48.0%
Middlesex County	R+11.5	R+12.4	R+36.2	2,042	D+9.7%
Fauquier County	R+11.5	R+22.8	R+43.3	6,501	R+36.5%
King William County	R+11.6	R+16.4	R+31.6	2,431	R+37.1%
Franklin County	R+12.2	D+6.2	R+21.8	8,308	R+32.5%
Prince William County	R+12.7	R+26.3	R+38.1	18,686	D+12.7%
Craig County	R+12.9	D+10.0	R+16.1	1,258	R+36.2%
Loudoun County	R+13.2	R+26.3	R+36.5	9,970	R+32.8%
Fairfax city	R+13.3	R+23.3	R+31.1	6,084	D+13.1%
Stafford County	R+13.5	R+24.0	R+39.7	6,482	R+39.1%
Clarke County	R+13.6	R+22.0	R+34.9	2,644	R+16.7%
Danville city	R+13.6	R+26.1	R+34.7	16,874	D+20.1%
Lancaster County	R+13.9	R+26.6	R+36.8	3,650	R+5.7%
Alleghany County	R+14.4	R+5.6	R+17.4	5,915	R+32.7%
Rappahannock County	R+14.7	R+5.2	R+25.7	1,363	R+40.0%
Warren County	R+14.8	R+18.3	R+32.3	5,296	R+3.9%
Charlottesville city	R+15.6	D+6.6	D+2.6	11,335	R+46.2%
Fluvanna County	R+16.0	R+5.7	R+25.3	2,145	R+26.1%
Virginia Beach city	R+16.5	R+29.1	R+49.0	37,742	R+26.5%
Amherst County	R+16.7	R+18.2	R+34.1	6,674	R+17.7%
Bedford County	R+16.7	R+13.2	R+34.7	10,220	R+20.2%
Bath County	R+19.9	D+3.9	R+32.5	1,897	R+39.7%
Roanoke city	R+20.3	D+8.5	R+4.7	30,008	R+27.8%
Bland County	R+20.3	R+11.8	R+35.1	1,862	R+28.8%
Hopewell city	R+20.4	R+16.8	R+37.3	6,743	R+18.8%
Patrick County	R+20.5	R+17.2	R+41.9	5,275	R+17.7%
Lexington city	R+20.9	D+0.3	R+11.6	2,085	R+8.9%
Culpeper County	R+21.1	R+24.7	R+42.2	4,694	R+24.1%
Galax city	R+22.0	R+5.5	R+30.9	2,309	R+44.9%
Scott County	R+22.0	R+4.6	R+19.3	9,984	R+22.6%
Mathews County	R+22.3	R+24.3	R+44.0	2,777	R+12.0%
Page County	R+22.7	R+23.7	R+34.4	6,800	R+17.9%
Pulaski County	R+23.1	D+0.2	R+30.5	8,265	R+14.4%
Orange County	R+23.2	R+15.6	R+32.2	3,661	R+5.2%
Radford city	R+23.2	D+5.8	R+23.0	3,749	R+33.5%
Appomattox County	R+24.7	R+25.0	R+38.3	4,037	D+4.5%
Grayson County	R+24.9	R+9.5	R+31.8	6,587	R+26.9%
Richmond County	R+25.2	R+28.6	R+38.1	2,069	R+32.9%
Buena Vista city	R+25.7	D+4.3	R+29.5	1,660	R+56.9%
Botetourt County	R+25.8	R+8.3	R+29.2	5,140	R+32.0%
Washington County	R+26.3	R+12.9	R+36.8	13,029	R+56.5%
Albemarle County	R+26.7	R+16.0	R+28.7	8,441	R+23.7%
Wythe County	R+26.9	R+12.3	R+38.3	6,963	R+32.1%
Smyth County	R+27.3	R+5.9	R+35.1	9,751	R+29.4%
Winchester city	R+27.6	R+33.7	R+41.8	4,833	R+29.3%
Frederick County	R+28.0	R+40.3	R+56.0	7,454	R+33.3%
Madison County	R+29.1	R+17.3	R+35.0	2,439	R+5.0%
Campbell County	R+29.2	R+34.8	R+50.3	12,811	R+3.9%
Lynchburg city	R+30.8	R+30.6	R+35.5	18,299	R+11.3%
Hanover County	R+30.8	R+43.6	R+58.9	10,847	R+2.0%
Highland County	R+31.3	R+20.7	R+42.6	1,069	R+61.3%
Waynesboro city	R+34.5	R+29.6	R+47.5	5,378	R+40.3%
Rockbridge County	R+35.8	R+5.4	R+31.8	4,014	R+18.5%
Colonial Heights city	R+36.9	R+47.0	R+67.7	5,413	R+45.1%
Staunton city	R+37.5	R+27.3	R+50.3	7,221	R+32.8%
Salem city	R+37.8	R+8.2	R+31.3	6,846	R+6.8%
Montgomery County	R+38.1	R+4.4	R+26.4	11,547	R+35.8%
Greene County	R+38.8	R+27.6	R+48.5	1,549	R+22.4%
Augusta County	R+39.3	R+33.9	R+59.0	10,900	R+35.9%
Roanoke County	R+40.4	R+16.4	R+37.5	21,124	R+60.5%
Carroll County	R+41.0	R+25.6	R+41.2	7,651	R+23.1%
Chesterfield County	R+41.5	R+46.3	R+59.8	39,292	R+6.3%
Harrisonburg city	R+41.9	R+25.7	R+37.0	4,352	R+63.5%
Shenandoah County	R+43.9	R+39.1	R+52.7	8,681	R+61.7%
Floyd County	R+44.1	R+18.6	R+36.1	3,537	R+20.9%
Henrico County	R+46.8	R+39.0	R+49.8	54,726	R+20.8%
Rockingham County	R+48.4	R+34.2	R+52.0	11,715	R+38.6%

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