| VIRGINIA | 13
Electoral Votes |
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| Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Virginia State Board of Elections)
Largest counties: Fairfax, Virginia Beach city, Prince William, Loudon, Chesterfield, Henrico. > Largest cities: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Arlington CDP, Richmond. > Government
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Commonwealth
of Virginia State Board of Elections Constitution
Party of VA Richmond
Times-Dispatch Washington
Post-VA  The Old Dominion State |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*:
5,555,415. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.0%. Voter Registration Deadline: October 15, 2012 In-Person Absentee Voting: September 21-November 3, 2012 In person: 3,423,717 In person curbside: 15,071 Absentee: 447,907 Provisional: 10,151 Total: 3,896,846 |
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Overview: Virginia was a top-tier
battleground state. Although Republicans saw encouraging signs in
the outcomes of the 2009 and 2010 elections, the Obama-Biden
ticket won the Commonwealth with a
plurality of 149,298 votes (3.87 percentage points), carrying 35
counties and independent cities (18 and 27) to 89 (77 and 12) for
Romney-Ryan. Looking at the results by CD,
Romney won in CDs 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, while Obama carried 2, 3, 8
and 11. General Election Details Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Democrats
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Republicans
49 Delegates: 3 RNC; 13 at-large; 33 by CD (3 x 11). 2.14% of the 2,286 Delegates. Official Results
Delegate Allocation: "The candidate who receives the most votes, as certified by the Virginia State Board of Elections, in each Congressional District will win all of the Delegates and Alternate Delegates from that specific Congressional District. Additionally, a presidential candidate, who receives at least 50.001% of the statewide vote, as certified by the Virginia State Board of Elections, will be awarded all of Virginia’s At-Large Delegates and Alternate Delegates. If no candidate receives at least 50.001% of the statewide vote as certified by the Virginia State Board of Elections, then delegate allocation will be based proportionally for any candidate that receives at least 15.000% of the vote." [PDF] |
On March 25, 2011
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) signed bills (SB1246/HB1843)
to
move
the
presidential
primary
date
from
the
second
Tuesday
in
February
to
the
first
Tuesday
in
March.
Both
houses
of
the
General
Assembly
passed the legislation with virtually no opposition.
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 5,500,265. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.7%. Last day for voter registration: Oct. 6, 2008. Voter registration: 4,912,971 (active). 506,672 absentee ballots cast (13.5% of total vote) |
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2008
Overview Virginia was a full-fledged battleground state. The Obama-Biden ticket won with a plurality of 234,527 votes (6.29 percentage points), making Obama the first Democratic presidential candidate to prevail in the Commonwealth since 1964 (when LBJ won all but six states). Obama carried 6 congressional districts to 5 for McCain. General Election Details Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 5,277,156. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 60.6%. Voting in person: 3,001,097 Voting absentee: 222,059 (6.9%) Total voters: 3,223,156 Voter registration: 4,517,980. |
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2004
Overview Democrats put some resources into Virginia but saw no improvement in the outcome as Bush-Cheney amassed a plurality of 262,217 votes (8.20 percentage points). In terms of localities Bush won 102 (82 counties and 20 cities) and Kerry won 32 (13 counties and 19 cities). Bush prevailed in nine congressional districts, while Kerry won only the 3rd and 8th CDs. General Election Details |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 5,069,265. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 54.0%. 2,789,808 total votes were cast for president -- 2,739,447 were counted. 50,361 (1.8%) were under or overvotes. Voter registration: 3,770,273 active. |
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2000
Overview A Democrat has not won Virginia in the presidential race since LBJ carried the state in 1964. That held true in 2000 as Bush-Cheney bested Gore-Lieberman with a plurality of 220,200 votes (8.03 percentage points). Bush won in eight of the state's congressional districts, while Gore won in three (3rd, 8th and 11th). |
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| Notes:
For an individual
other than the nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties to
appear
on the general election ballot as a candidate for president he or she
must
have submitted signatures of not less than 10,000 qualified voters in
Virginia,
including at least 400 qualified voters from each of Virginia's 11
congressional
districts, to the State Board of Elections no later than noon August
25,
2000. |
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