Virginia presidential election results 2016

Hillary Clinton carried Virginia by 5.32 points (212,030 votes), winning 13 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 13
Votes counted: 3,982,752
VA result: D+5.3
Compared with the nation: 3.3 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2012: 1.4 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Hillary Clinton	Democratic	1,981,473	49.80%	13
Donald J. Trump	Republican	1,769,443	44.40%	—
Gary Johnson	Libertarian	118,274	3.00%	—
Total votes		3,982,752

Sources: va.pdf · 2016

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Hillary Clinton	Donald J. Trump	Others	Total	Margin
Accomack	6,740	8,583	495	15,818	11.7
Albemarle	33,345	19,259	4,122	56,726	24.8
Alexandria	57,242	13,285	5,243	75,770	58.0
Alleghany	2,166	4,874	285	7,325	37.0
Amelia	2,128	4,708	204	7,040	36.6
Amherst	5,057	9,719	620	15,396	30.3
Appomattox	2,023	5,715	273	8,011	46.1
Arlington	92,016	20,186	9,154	121,356	59.2
Augusta	8,177	26,163	2,003	36,343	49.5
Bath	603	1,548	102	2,253	41.9
Bedford	9,768	30,659	2,098	42,525	49.1
Bedford	0	0	0	42,525	0.0
Bland	453	2,573	113	3,139	67.5
Botetourt	4,494	13,375	870	18,739	47.4
Bristol	1,835	4,892	305	7,032	43.5
Brunswick	4,481	3,046	142	7,669	18.7
Buchanan	1,721	7,296	230	9,247	60.3
Buckingham	3,128	3,950	217	7,295	11.3
Buena Vista	693	1,430	284	2,407	30.6
Campbell	6,664	19,551	1,320	27,535	46.8
Caroline	6,432	7,147	1,284	14,863	4.8
Carroll	2,559	10,663	446	13,668	59.3
Charles City	2,496	1,476	135	4,107	24.8
Charlotte	2,155	3,479	174	5,808	22.8
Charlottesville	17,901	2,960	1,611	22,472	66.5
Chesapeake	52,627	54,047	6,031	112,705	1.3
Chesterfield	81,074	85,045	10,342	176,461	2.3
Clarke	3,051	4,661	501	8,213	19.6
Colonial Heights	2,367	5,681	409	8,457	39.2
Covington	914	1,349	119	2,382	18.3
Craig	541	2,140	113	2,794	57.2
Culpeper	7,759	13,349	1,110	22,218	25.2
Cumberland	2,036	2,697	173	4,906	13.5
Danville	11,059	7,303	590	18,952	19.8
Dickenson	1,335	4,932	173	6,440	55.9
Dinwiddie	5,765	7,447	363	13,575	12.4
Emporia	1,530	789	48	2,367	31.3
Essex	2,542	2,657	209	5,408	2.1
Fairfax	355,133	157,710	38,340	563,213	35.8
Fairfax	7,367	3,702	961	563,213	30.5
Falls Church	5,819	1,324	614	7,757	57.9
Fauquier	12,971	22,127	2,369	37,467	24.4
Floyd	2,300	5,293	458	8,051	37.2
Fluvanna	5,760	7,025	812	13,597	9.3
Franklin	7,257	18,569	1,145	31,041	41.9
Franklin	2,519	1,421	130	31,041	27.0
Frederick	11,932	26,083	2,425	40,440	35.0
Fredericksburg	6,707	3,744	813	11,264	26.3
Galax	681	1,603	92	2,376	38.8
Giles	1,950	5,910	352	8,212	48.2
Gloucester	5,404	13,096	1,119	19,619	39.2
Goochland	4,889	8,384	764	14,037	24.9
Grayson	1,407	5,592	286	7,285	57.4
Greene	2,924	5,945	739	9,608	31.4
Greensville	2,558	1,737	68	4,363	18.8
Halifax	6,897	9,704	400	17,001	16.5
Hampton	41,312	17,902	3,142	62,356	37.5
Hanover	19,382	39,630	3,741	62,753	32.3
Harrisonburg	10,212	6,262	1,519	17,993	22.0
Henrico	93,935	59,857	9,862	163,654	20.8
Henry	8,198	15,208	700	24,106	29.1
Highland	371	958	62	1,391	42.2
Hopewell	4,724	3,885	399	9,008	9.3
Isle of Wight	7,881	12,204	990	21,075	20.5
James City	19,105	21,306	2,762	43,173	5.1
King George	4,007	7,341	711	12,059	27.6
King William	2,760	5,975	426	9,161	35.1
King and Queen	1,468	2,099	130	3,697	17.1
Lancaster	2,869	3,523	253	6,645	9.8
Lee	1,627	7,543	229	9,399	62.9
Lexington	1,514	766	185	2,465	30.3
Loudoun	100,795	69,949	12,353	183,097	16.8
Louisa	6,212	10,528	891	17,631	24.5
Lunenburg	2,227	3,204	155	5,586	17.5
Lynchburg	14,792	17,982	2,897	35,671	8.9
Madison	2,203	4,419	357	6,979	31.8
Manassas	8,423	5,953	1,035	15,411	16.0
Manassas Park	3,204	1,733	295	5,232	28.1
Martinsville	3,533	2,149	225	5,907	23.4
Mathews	1,563	3,517	231	5,311	36.8
Mecklenburg	6,285	8,288	372	14,945	13.4
Middlesex	2,108	3,670	239	6,017	26.0
Montgomery	20,021	19,459	3,551	43,031	1.3
Nelson	3,689	4,154	475	8,318	5.6
New Kent	3,546	8,118	578	12,242	37.3
Newport News	45,618	25,468	4,629	75,715	26.6
Norfolk	57,023	21,552	4,813	83,388	42.5
Northampton	3,255	2,686	231	6,172	9.2
Northumberland	2,852	4,302	244	7,398	19.6
Norton	383	1,021	56	1,460	43.7
Nottoway	2,829	3,712	203	6,744	13.1
Orange	5,957	10,521	792	17,270	26.4
Page	2,514	7,831	395	10,740	49.5
Patrick	1,768	6,454	303	8,525	55.0
Petersburg	12,021	1,451	314	13,786	76.7
Pittsylvania	9,199	21,554	845	31,598	39.1
Poquoson	1,601	5,092	484	7,177	48.6
Portsmouth	28,497	12,795	1,973	43,265	36.3
Powhatan	4,060	11,885	955	16,900	46.3
Prince Edward	4,591	4,101	451	9,143	5.4
Prince George	6,419	9,157	608	16,184	16.9
Prince William	113,144	71,721	11,673	196,538	21.1
Pulaski	4,172	10,322	673	15,167	40.5
Radford	2,925	2,638	522	6,085	4.7
Rappahannock	1,747	2,539	197	4,483	17.7
Richmond	1,347	2,213	101	107,145	23.7
Richmond	81,259	15,581	6,644	107,145	63.5
Roanoke	17,200	31,408	2,881	90,955	27.6
Roanoke	22,286	14,789	2,391	90,955	19.0
Rockbridge	3,508	6,680	607	10,795	29.4
Rockingham	9,366	25,990	2,131	37,487	44.3
Russell	2,330	9,521	395	12,246	58.7
Salem	4,202	7,226	797	12,225	24.7
Scott	1,581	8,247	272	10,100	66.0
Shenandoah	5,273	14,094	1,146	20,513	43.0
Smyth	2,665	9,750	475	12,890	55.0
Southampton	3,595	5,035	248	8,878	16.2
Spotsylvania	24,207	34,623	3,732	62,562	16.6
Stafford	27,908	33,868	4,158	65,934	9.0
Staunton	5,333	5,133	789	11,255	1.8
Suffolk	23,280	18,006	1,954	43,240	12.2
Surry	2,272	1,819	137	4,228	10.7
Sussex	2,879	2,055	110	5,044	16.3
Tazewell	2,895	15,168	503	18,566	66.1
Virginia Beach	91,032	98,224	14,006	203,262	3.5
Warren	5,169	11,773	1,018	17,960	36.8
Washington	5,553	19,320	974	25,847	53.3
Waynesboro	3,764	4,801	639	9,204	11.3
Westmoreland	3,836	4,448	290	8,574	7.1
Williamsburg	5,206	1,925	495	7,626	43.0
Winchester	5,164	4,790	713	10,667	3.5
Wise	2,701	12,086	376	15,163	61.9
Wythe	2,770	10,046	527	13,343	54.5
York	12,999	18,837	2,282	34,118	17.1

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

Certified state documentCertified

Virginia Department of Elections, 2016 November General, Official Results, President and Vice President statewide (web print 11/24/2016, page 1 of 7; pages 2-7 are the congressional districts); page image
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Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).

All 5 tickets as printed in the document

Ticket (as printed)	Code	Votes	Share
Hillary Clinton	—	1,981,473	50.15%
Donald J. Trump	—	1,769,443	44.79%
Gary Johnson	—	118,274	2.99%
Evan McMullin	—	54,054	1.37%
Jill Stein	—	27,638	0.70%
Write-in / scattering		31,870

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Questions and answers

Who won Virginia in 2016?

Hillary Clinton won Virginia by 5.32 percentage points (212,030 votes).

How many electoral votes did Virginia have in 2016?

Virginia cast 13 electoral votes in 2016.

How many people voted for president in Virginia in 2016?

3,982,752 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Virginia in 2016?

Donald J. Trump 93, Hillary Clinton 41 (out of 134 counties with results).

How did Virginia change from 2012 to 2016?

The margin moved 1.4 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 3.9 points to Democratic by 5.3 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data