1980 United States presidential election in Virginia
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The 1980 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
Virginia had voted Republican at all but one of the previous seven presidential elections, largely due to its large white Washington and Richmond suburbs that received large-scale in-migration from the Northeast,[1] alongside the Shenandoah Valley,[2] being amongst the first traditionally Democratic areas of the former Confederacy to turn Republican at both the presidential level and in federal congressional elections.[3] After the collapse of the Byrd Organization and the expansion of the state’s formerly small electorate via the Voting Rights Act, these trends intensified except in the heavily unionised coalfields of Southwest Virginia, where unlike elsewhere in the Confederacy, many newly registered poor whites voted Democratic. In addition to voting Republican in six of seven presidential elections, the state’s Congressional delegation would gain a Republican majority as early as the 91st Congress. Nevertheless, it was 1970 before significant GOP gains occurred in the state legislature, and it was generally acknowledged that President Nixon offered no support to down-ballot Republican candidates as he was carrying the state by a landslide margin against George McGovern,[4] who lost every county or city in the state except Charles City.
Campaign[edit]
Republican nominee, former California Governor Ronald Reagan and Democratic candidate and incumbent United States President Jimmy Carter of Georgia both campaigned in Virginia during early October.[5] Independent state Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., who like his father had never previously endorsed a presidential candidate, would endorse Reagan in the middle of October, saying that Carter had a dismal record in controlling federal spending and the Soviet military build-up.[6]
59% of white voters supported Reagan while 33% supported Carter.[7][8]
Predictions[edit]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Star[9] | Lean R | October 12, 1980 |
| The Roanoke Times[10] | Likely R | October 26, 1980 |
| Richmond Times-Dispatch[11] | Likely R | October 26, 1980 |
| Daily Press[12] | Likely R | November 3, 1980 |
Results[edit]
| 1980 United States presidential election in Virginia[13] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 989,609 | 53.03% | 12 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter (inc.) | 752,174 | 40.31% | 0 | |
| Independent | John B. Anderson | 95,418 | 5.11% | 0 | |
| Independent | Barry Commoner | 14,024 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Ed Clark | 12,821 | 0.69% | 0 | |
| Independent | Clifton DeBerry | 1,986 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,866,032 | 100.00% | 12 | ||
Results by county or independent city[edit]
| County/City[14] | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
John B. Anderson Independent |
Barry Commoner Independent |
Ed Clark Libertarian |
Clifton DeBerry Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack | 5,371 | 50.21% | 4,872 | 45.54% | 292 | 2.73% | 78 | 0.73% | 73 | 0.68% | 12 | 0.11% | 499 | 4.67% | 10,698 |
| Albemarle | 10,424 | 53.23% | 7,293 | 37.24% | 1,435 | 7.33% | 140 | 0.71% | 282 | 1.44% | 8 | 0.04% | 3,131 | 15.99% | 19,582 |
| Alexandria | 17,865 | 44.23% | 17,134 | 42.42% | 4,546 | 11.26% | 458 | 1.13% | 326 | 0.81% | 59 | 0.15% | 731 | 1.81% | 40,388 |
| Alleghany | 2,185 | 45.94% | 2,411 | 50.69% | 116 | 2.44% | 16 | 0.34% | 26 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.04% | -226 | -4.75% | 4,756 |
| Amelia | 1,969 | 53.20% | 1,643 | 44.39% | 52 | 1.41% | 8 | 0.22% | 23 | 0.62% | 6 | 0.16% | 326 | 8.81% | 3,701 |
| Amherst | 5,088 | 57.56% | 3,476 | 39.32% | 208 | 2.35% | 20 | 0.23% | 45 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,612 | 18.24% | 8,840 |
| Appomattox | 2,548 | 60.42% | 1,492 | 35.38% | 85 | 2.02% | 64 | 1.52% | 23 | 0.55% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,056 | 25.04% | 4,217 |
| Arlington | 30,854 | 46.15% | 26,502 | 39.64% | 8,042 | 12.03% | 652 | 0.98% | 744 | 1.11% | 67 | 0.10% | 4,352 | 6.51% | 66,861 |
| Augusta | 11,011 | 64.32% | 5,202 | 30.39% | 539 | 3.15% | 254 | 1.48% | 100 | 0.58% | 14 | 0.08% | 5,809 | 33.93% | 17,120 |
| Bath | 921 | 45.89% | 999 | 49.78% | 70 | 3.49% | 1 | 0.05% | 16 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | -78 | -3.89% | 2,007 |
| Bedford | 6,608 | 55.81% | 4,721 | 39.87% | 336 | 2.84% | 90 | 0.76% | 66 | 0.56% | 19 | 0.16% | 1,887 | 15.94% | 11,840 |
| Bedford City | 1,145 | 47.26% | 1,149 | 47.42% | 75 | 3.10% | 32 | 1.32% | 20 | 0.83% | 2 | 0.08% | -4 | -0.16% | 2,423 |
| Bland | 1,278 | 54.50% | 1,002 | 42.73% | 35 | 1.49% | 16 | 0.68% | 11 | 0.47% | 3 | 0.13% | 276 | 11.77% | 2,345 |
| Botetourt | 4,408 | 51.24% | 3,698 | 42.99% | 329 | 3.82% | 86 | 1.00% | 71 | 0.83% | 10 | 0.12% | 710 | 8.25% | 8,602 |
| Bristol | 3,432 | 52.68% | 2,889 | 44.34% | 160 | 2.46% | 3 | 0.05% | 31 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 543 | 8.34% | 6,515 |
| Brunswick | 2,310 | 39.39% | 3,430 | 58.49% | 70 | 1.19% | 22 | 0.38% | 26 | 0.44% | 6 | 0.10% | -1,120 | -19.10% | 5,864 |
| Buchanan | 4,554 | 42.85% | 5,768 | 54.27% | 95 | 0.89% | 167 | 1.57% | 37 | 0.35% | 8 | 0.08% | -1,214 | -11.42% | 10,629 |
| Buckingham | 1,864 | 47.51% | 1,933 | 49.27% | 77 | 1.96% | 22 | 0.56% | 20 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.18% | -69 | -1.76% | 3,923 |
| Buena Vista | 942 | 45.09% | 1,031 | 49.35% | 59 | 2.82% | 38 | 1.82% | 12 | 0.57% | 7 | 0.34% | -89 | -4.26% | 2,089 |
| Campbell | 9,592 | 65.16% | 4,473 | 30.39% | 396 | 2.69% | 167 | 1.13% | 75 | 0.51% | 18 | 0.12% | 5,119 | 34.77% | 14,721 |
| Caroline | 2,071 | 40.18% | 2,924 | 56.73% | 116 | 2.25% | 15 | 0.29% | 27 | 0.52% | 1 | 0.02% | -853 | -16.55% | 5,154 |
| Carroll | 5,905 | 61.29% | 3,437 | 35.68% | 183 | 1.90% | 37 | 0.38% | 63 | 0.65% | 9 | 0.09% | 2,468 | 25.61% | 9,634 |
| Charles City | 506 | 23.74% | 1,564 | 73.39% | 39 | 1.83% | 7 | 0.33% | 10 | 0.47% | 5 | 0.23% | -1,058 | -49.65% | 2,131 |
| Charlotte | 2,322 | 51.26% | 2,108 | 46.53% | 59 | 1.30% | 25 | 0.55% | 8 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.18% | 214 | 4.73% | 4,530 |
| Charlottesville | 5,907 | 40.56% | 6,866 | 47.15% | 1,377 | 9.46% | 25 | 0.55% | 8 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.18% | -959 | -6.59% | 14,562 |
| Chesapeake | 17,888 | 48.47% | 17,155 | 46.49% | 1,189 | 3.22% | 245 | 1.68% | 148 | 1.02% | 19 | 0.13% | 733 | 1.98% | 36,904 |
| Chesterfield | 37,908 | 70.71% | 13,060 | 24.36% | 2,182 | 4.07% | 93 | 0.17% | 353 | 0.66% | 17 | 0.03% | 24,848 | 46.35% | 53,613 |
| Clarke | 1,876 | 57.44% | 1,156 | 35.39% | 177 | 5.42% | 14 | 0.43% | 40 | 1.22% | 3 | 0.09% | 720 | 22.05% | 3,266 |
| Clifton Forge | 716 | 39.23% | 1,012 | 55.45% | 68 | 3.73% | 388 | 1.05% | 216 | 0.59% | 68 | 0.18% | -296 | -16.22% | 1,825 |
| Colonial Heights | 5,012 | 70.96% | 1,692 | 23.96% | 219 | 3.10% | 21 | 1.15% | 6 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.11% | 3,320 | 47.00% | 7,063 |
| Covington | 1,187 | 37.68% | 1,813 | 57.56% | 101 | 3.21% | 99 | 1.40% | 38 | 0.54% | 3 | 0.04% | -626 | -19.88% | 3,150 |
| Craig | 768 | 43.17% | 946 | 53.18% | 41 | 2.30% | 5 | 0.28% | 18 | 1.01% | 1 | 0.06% | -178 | -10.01% | 1,779 |
| Culpeper | 4,312 | 59.43% | 2,519 | 34.72% | 231 | 3.18% | 127 | 1.75% | 55 | 0.76% | 11 | 0.15% | 1,793 | 24.71% | 7,255 |
| Cumberland | 1,515 | 50.10% | 1,355 | 44.81% | 51 | 1.69% | 74 | 2.45% | 19 | 0.63% | 10 | 0.33% | 160 | 5.29% | 3,024 |
| Danville | 10,665 | 61.43% | 6,138 | 35.35% | 296 | 1.70% | 198 | 1.14% | 56 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.05% | 4,527 | 26.08% | 17,362 |
| Dickenson | 3,687 | 46.12% | 4,177 | 52.25% | 77 | 0.96% | 16 | 0.20% | 31 | 0.39% | 7 | 0.09% | -490 | -6.13% | 7,995 |
| Dinwiddie | 3,369 | 48.01% | 3,475 | 49.52% | 107 | 1.52% | 27 | 0.38% | 30 | 0.43% | 10 | 0.14% | -106 | -1.51% | 7,018 |
| Emporia | 988 | 51.95% | 855 | 44.95% | 41 | 2.16% | 7 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.42% | 3 | 0.16% | 133 | 7.00% | 1,902 |
| Essex | 1,581 | 52.93% | 1,280 | 42.85% | 76 | 2.54% | 26 | 0.87% | 20 | 0.67% | 4 | 0.13% | 301 | 10.08% | 2,987 |
| Fairfax | 137,620 | 57.41% | 73,734 | 30.76% | 24,605 | 10.26% | 1,557 | 0.65% | 1,933 | 0.81% | 256 | 0.11% | 63,886 | 26.65% | 239,705 |
| Fairfax City | 4,475 | 55.91% | 2,614 | 32.66% | 800 | 10.00% | 42 | 0.52% | 65 | 0.81% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,861 | 23.25% | 8,004 |
| Falls Church | 2,485 | 52.23% | 1,703 | 35.79% | 497 | 10.45% | 113 | 0.97% | 93 | 0.80% | 15 | 0.13% | 782 | 16.44% | 4,758 |
| Fauquier | 6,782 | 58.11% | 4,119 | 35.30% | 548 | 4.70% | 113 | 0.97% | 93 | 0.80% | 15 | 0.13% | 2,663 | 22.81% | 11,670 |
| Floyd | 2,447 | 56.60% | 1,642 | 37.98% | 131 | 3.03% | 59 | 1.36% | 42 | 0.97% | 2 | 0.05% | 805 | 18.62% | 4,323 |
| Fluvanna | 1,605 | 50.41% | 1,424 | 44.72% | 108 | 3.39% | 17 | 0.53% | 28 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.06% | 181 | 5.69% | 3,184 |
| Franklin | 4,993 | 45.02% | 5,685 | 51.26% | 304 | 2.74% | 40 | 0.36% | 63 | 0.57% | 5 | 0.05% | -692 | -6.24% | 11,090 |
| Franklin City | 1,045 | 42.55% | 1,324 | 53.91% | 62 | 2.52% | 5 | 0.20% | 15 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.20% | -279 | -11.36% | 2,456 |
| Frederick | 7,293 | 67.61% | 2,948 | 27.33% | 455 | 4.22% | 26 | 0.24% | 62 | 0.57% | 3 | 0.03% | 4,345 | 40.28% | 10,787 |
| Fredericksburg | 2,502 | 50.36% | 2,174 | 43.76% | 245 | 4.93% | 9 | 0.18% | 34 | 0.68% | 4 | 0.08% | 328 | 6.60% | 4,968 |
| Galax | 1,188 | 51.81% | 1,061 | 46.27% | 31 | 1.35% | 3 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.17% | 127 | 5.54% | 2,293 |
| Giles | 2,978 | 42.91% | 3,627 | 52.26% | 211 | 3.04% | 54 | 0.78% | 63 | 0.91% | 7 | 0.10% | -649 | -9.35% | 6,940 |
| Gloucester | 4,261 | 53.96% | 3,138 | 39.74% | 354 | 4.48% | 76 | 0.96% | 56 | 0.71% | 12 | 0.15% | 1,123 | 14.22% | 7,897 |
| Goochland | 2,423 | 49.68% | 2,290 | 46.96% | 113 | 2.32% | 11 | 0.23% | 32 | 0.66% | 8 | 0.16% | 133 | 2.72% | 4,877 |
| Grayson | 3,494 | 53.37% | 2,875 | 43.91% | 106 | 1.62% | 26 | 0.40% | 39 | 0.60% | 7 | 0.11% | 619 | 9.46% | 6,547 |
| Greene | 1,702 | 60.55% | 925 | 32.91% | 105 | 3.74% | 47 | 1.67% | 22 | 0.78% | 10 | 0.36% | 777 | 27.64% | 2,811 |
| Greensville | 1,583 | 41.66% | 2,142 | 56.37% | 39 | 1.03% | 18 | 0.47% | 12 | 0.32% | 6 | 0.16% | -559 | -14.71% | 3,800 |
| Halifax | 5,088 | 51.73% | 4,528 | 46.03% | 125 | 1.27% | 57 | 0.58% | 30 | 0.31% | 8 | 0.08% | 560 | 5.70% | 9,836 |
| Hampton | 17,023 | 45.08% | 18,517 | 49.03% | 1,598 | 4.23% | 329 | 0.87% | 234 | 0.62% | 64 | 0.17% | -1,494 | -3.95% | 37,765 |
| Hanover | 14,262 | 70.02% | 5,383 | 26.43% | 589 | 2.89% | 32 | 0.16% | 99 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.01% | 8,879 | 43.59% | 20,368 |
| Harrisonburg | 3,388 | 58.45% | 1,896 | 32.71% | 403 | 6.95% | 61 | 1.05% | 39 | 0.67% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,492 | 25.74% | 5,796 |
| Henrico | 50,505 | 66.85% | 21,023 | 27.83% | 2,956 | 3.91% | 595 | 0.79% | 422 | 0.56% | 50 | 0.07% | 29,482 | 39.02% | 75,551 |
| Henry | 8,258 | 46.44% | 8,800 | 49.49% | 355 | 2.00% | 247 | 1.39% | 103 | 0.58% | 20 | 0.11% | -542 | -3.05% | 17,783 |
| Highland | 751 | 58.76% | 487 | 38.11% | 25 | 1.96% | 10 | 0.78% | 5 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 264 | 20.65% | 1,278 |
| Hopewell | 4,423 | 56.19% | 3,102 | 39.41% | 178 | 2.26% | 97 | 1.23% | 57 | 0.72% | 15 | 0.19% | 1,321 | 16.78% | 7,872 |
| Isle of Wight | 3,526 | 45.30% | 3,951 | 50.76% | 197 | 2.53% | 35 | 0.45% | 64 | 0.82% | 11 | 0.14% | -425 | -5.46% | 7,784 |
| James City | 4,289 | 53.29% | 3,068 | 38.12% | 551 | 6.85% | 71 | 0.88% | 55 | 0.68% | 14 | 0.17% | 1,221 | 15.17% | 8,048 |
| King and Queen | 949 | 44.14% | 1,128 | 52.47% | 43 | 2.00% | 5 | 0.23% | 21 | 0.98% | 4 | 0.19% | -179 | -8.33% | 2,150 |
| King George | 1,784 | 53.54% | 1,318 | 39.56% | 185 | 5.55% | 7 | 0.21% | 35 | 1.05% | 3 | 0.09% | 466 | 13.98% | 3,332 |
| King William | 2,036 | 56.54% | 1,446 | 40.16% | 80 | 2.22% | 14 | 0.39% | 24 | 0.67% | 1 | 0.03% | 590 | 16.38% | 3,601 |
| Lancaster | 2,780 | 61.01% | 1,567 | 34.39% | 106 | 2.33% | 69 | 1.51% | 24 | 0.53% | 11 | 0.24% | 1,213 | 26.62% | 4,557 |
| Lee | 4,417 | 47.10% | 4,758 | 50.74% | 137 | 1.46% | 28 | 0.30% | 33 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.04% | -341 | -3.64% | 9,377 |
| Lexington | 956 | 45.90% | 963 | 46.23% | 129 | 6.19% | 16 | 0.77% | 19 | 0.91% | 0 | 0.00% | -7 | -0.33% | 2,083 |
| Loudoun | 12,076 | 58.93% | 6,694 | 32.67% | 1,312 | 6.40% | 201 | 0.98% | 166 | 0.81% | 43 | 0.21% | 5,382 | 26.26% | 20,492 |
| Louisa | 2,633 | 46.14% | 2,809 | 49.23% | 160 | 2.80% | 38 | 0.67% | 58 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.14% | -176 | -3.09% | 5,706 |
| Lunenburg | 2,045 | 49.44% | 1,958 | 47.34% | 59 | 1.43% | 55 | 1.33% | 8 | 0.19% | 11 | 0.27% | 87 | 2.10% | 4,136 |
| Lynchburg | 15,245 | 62.44% | 7,783 | 31.88% | 854 | 3.50% | 373 | 1.53% | 128 | 0.52% | 34 | 0.14% | 7,462 | 30.56% | 24,417 |
| Madison | 1,959 | 55.64% | 1,351 | 38.37% | 156 | 4.43% | 27 | 0.77% | 27 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.03% | 608 | 17.27% | 3,521 |
| Manassas | 3,009 | 60.76% | 1,565 | 31.60% | 318 | 6.42% | 23 | 0.46% | 31 | 0.63% | 6 | 0.12% | 1,444 | 29.16% | 4,952 |
| Manassas Park | 729 | 58.13% | 447 | 35.65% | 52 | 4.15% | 7 | 0.56% | 19 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 282 | 22.48% | 1,254 |
| Martinsville | 3,433 | 48.82% | 3,337 | 47.45% | 162 | 2.30% | 70 | 1.00% | 22 | 0.31% | 8 | 0.11% | 96 | 1.37% | 7,032 |
| Mathews | 2,204 | 59.31% | 1,300 | 34.98% | 148 | 3.98% | 37 | 1.00% | 19 | 0.51% | 8 | 0.22% | 904 | 24.33% | 3,716 |
| Mecklenburg | 4,853 | 54.45% | 3,790 | 42.52% | 142 | 1.59% | 81 | 0.91% | 32 | 0.36% | 15 | 0.17% | 1,063 | 11.93% | 8,913 |
| Middlesex | 1,810 | 54.13% | 1,395 | 41.72% | 90 | 2.69% | 25 | 0.75% | 15 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.27% | 415 | 12.41% | 3,344 |
| Montgomery | 8,222 | 47.41% | 7,455 | 42.98% | 1,400 | 8.07% | 93 | 0.54% | 161 | 0.93% | 13 | 0.07% | 767 | 4.43% | 17,344 |
| Nelson | 1,866 | 41.50% | 2,410 | 53.60% | 143 | 3.18% | 35 | 0.78% | 41 | 0.91% | 1 | 0.02% | -544 | -12.10% | 4,496 |
| New Kent | 1,739 | 57.30% | 1,204 | 39.67% | 68 | 2.24% | 9 | 0.30% | 15 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 535 | 17.63% | 3,035 |
| Newport News | 22,423 | 47.73% | 22,066 | 46.97% | 2,068 | 4.40% | 114 | 0.24% | 268 | 0.57% | 43 | 0.09% | 357 | 0.76% | 46,982 |
| Norfolk | 27,506 | 40.93% | 35,118 | 52.26% | 3,333 | 4.96% | 623 | 0.93% | 488 | 0.73% | 132 | 0.20% | -7,612 | -11.33% | 67,200 |
| Northampton | 2,165 | 45.65% | 2,363 | 49.82% | 114 | 2.40% | 53 | 1.12% | 34 | 0.72% | 14 | 0.30% | -198 | -4.17% | 4,743 |
| Northumberland | 2,598 | 60.00% | 1,551 | 35.82% | 109 | 2.52% | 42 | 0.97% | 20 | 0.46% | 10 | 0.23% | 1,047 | 24.18% | 4,330 |
| Norton | 572 | 40.86% | 762 | 54.43% | 42 | 3.00% | 12 | 0.86% | 11 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.07% | -190 | -13.57% | 1,400 |
| Nottoway | 2,813 | 50.13% | 2,593 | 46.21% | 113 | 2.01% | 63 | 1.12% | 22 | 0.39% | 7 | 0.12% | 220 | 3.92% | 5,611 |
| Orange | 3,381 | 54.90% | 2,420 | 39.30% | 241 | 3.91% | 54 | 0.88% | 58 | 0.94% | 4 | 0.06% | 961 | 15.60% | 6,158 |
| Page | 4,297 | 60.20% | 2,607 | 36.52% | 161 | 2.26% | 27 | 0.38% | 41 | 0.57% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,690 | 23.68% | 7,138 |
| Patrick | 3,436 | 56.12% | 2,382 | 38.90% | 105 | 1.71% | 154 | 2.52% | 35 | 0.57% | 11 | 0.18% | 1,054 | 17.22% | 6,123 |
| Petersburg | 5,001 | 37.67% | 7,931 | 59.73% | 254 | 1.91% | 21 | 0.16% | 63 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.05% | -2,930 | -22.06% | 13,277 |
| Pittsylvania | 12,022 | 59.28% | 7,653 | 37.74% | 250 | 1.23% | 275 | 1.36% | 54 | 0.27% | 26 | 0.13% | 4,369 | 21.54% | 20,280 |
| Poquoson | 2,338 | 68.78% | 877 | 25.80% | 158 | 4.65% | 5 | 0.15% | 21 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,461 | 42.98% | 3,399 |
| Portsmouth | 13,660 | 38.00% | 20,900 | 58.14% | 1,124 | 3.13% | 79 | 0.22% | 171 | 0.48% | 15 | 0.04% | -7,240 | -20.14% | 35,949 |
| Powhatan | 2,933 | 64.18% | 1,484 | 32.47% | 98 | 2.14% | 9 | 0.20% | 39 | 0.85% | 7 | 0.15% | 1,449 | 31.71% | 4,570 |
| Prince Edward | 2,774 | 49.55% | 2,553 | 45.61% | 137 | 2.45% | 82 | 1.46% | 41 | 0.73% | 11 | 0.20% | 221 | 3.94% | 5,598 |
| Prince George | 3,389 | 57.56% | 2,310 | 39.23% | 130 | 2.21% | 12 | 0.20% | 40 | 0.68% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,079 | 18.33% | 5,888 |
| Prince William | 23,061 | 58.95% | 12,787 | 32.69% | 2,676 | 6.84% | 226 | 0.58% | 313 | 0.80% | 56 | 0.14% | 10,274 | 26.26% | 39,119 |
| Pulaski | 5,747 | 47.73% | 5,769 | 47.92% | 343 | 2.85% | 92 | 0.76% | 81 | 0.67% | 8 | 0.07% | -22 | -0.19% | 12,040 |
| Radford | 1,964 | 44.01% | 2,225 | 49.85% | 233 | 5.22% | 18 | 0.40% | 21 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.04% | -261 | -5.84% | 4,463 |
| Rappahannock | 1,179 | 49.81% | 1,055 | 44.57% | 99 | 4.18% | 11 | 0.46% | 21 | 0.89% | 2 | 0.08% | 124 | 5.24% | 2,367 |
| Richmond | 1,567 | 62.81% | 854 | 34.23% | 49 | 1.96% | 8 | 0.32% | 14 | 0.56% | 3 | 0.12% | 713 | 28.58% | 2,495 |
| Richmond City | 34,629 | 39.76% | 47,975 | 55.08% | 3,502 | 4.02% | 330 | 0.38% | 625 | 0.72% | 45 | 0.05% | -13,346 | -15.32% | 87,106 |
| Roanoke | 17,182 | 55.76% | 12,114 | 39.31% | 1,286 | 4.17% | 45 | 0.15% | 180 | 0.58% | 7 | 0.02% | 5,068 | 16.45% | 30,814 |
| Roanoke City | 15,164 | 43.39% | 18,139 | 51.91% | 1,350 | 3.86% | 75 | 0.21% | 207 | 0.59% | 11 | 0.03% | -2,975 | -8.52% | 34,946 |
| Rockbridge | 2,784 | 49.04% | 2,475 | 43.60% | 296 | 5.21% | 62 | 1.09% | 54 | 0.95% | 6 | 0.11% | 309 | 5.44% | 5,677 |
| Rockingham | 11,397 | 63.82% | 5,294 | 29.64% | 771 | 4.32% | 233 | 1.30% | 143 | 0.80% | 21 | 0.12% | 6,103 | 34.18% | 17,859 |
| Russell | 4,778 | 43.94% | 5,764 | 53.01% | 125 | 1.15% | 159 | 1.46% | 38 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.09% | -986 | -9.07% | 10,874 |
| Salem | 4,862 | 51.78% | 4,091 | 43.57% | 359 | 3.82% | 17 | 0.18% | 50 | 0.53% | 10 | 0.11% | 771 | 8.21% | 9,389 |
| Scott | 4,744 | 50.54% | 4,314 | 45.96% | 153 | 1.63% | 145 | 1.54% | 27 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.04% | 430 | 4.58% | 9,387 |
| Shenandoah | 7,517 | 67.10% | 3,137 | 28.00% | 385 | 3.44% | 59 | 0.53% | 95 | 0.85% | 10 | 0.09% | 4,380 | 39.10% | 11,203 |
| Smyth | 6,033 | 50.86% | 5,335 | 44.98% | 224 | 1.89% | 190 | 1.60% | 64 | 0.54% | 15 | 0.13% | 698 | 5.88% | 11,861 |
| South Boston | 1,615 | 60.97% | 971 | 36.66% | 51 | 1.93% | 5 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.04% | 644 | 24.31% | 2,649 |
| Southampton | 2,997 | 45.50% | 3,347 | 50.81% | 163 | 2.47% | 24 | 0.36% | 49 | 0.74% | 7 | 0.11% | -350 | -5.31% | 6,587 |
| Spotsylvania | 5,385 | 53.82% | 4,039 | 40.37% | 464 | 4.64% | 29 | 0.29% | 72 | 0.72% | 16 | 0.16% | 1,346 | 13.45% | 10,005 |
| Stafford | 7,106 | 58.85% | 4,211 | 34.87% | 623 | 5.16% | 28 | 0.23% | 100 | 0.83% | 7 | 0.06% | 2,895 | 23.98% | 12,075 |
| Staunton | 4,819 | 60.79% | 2,658 | 33.53% | 311 | 3.92% | 89 | 1.12% | 42 | 0.53% | 8 | 0.10% | 2,161 | 27.26% | 7,927 |
| Suffolk | 7,179 | 42.82% | 9,064 | 54.07% | 360 | 2.15% | 56 | 0.33% | 98 | 0.58% | 8 | 0.05% | -1,885 | -11.25% | 16,765 |
| Surry | 962 | 34.10% | 1,756 | 62.25% | 63 | 2.23% | 9 | 0.32% | 24 | 0.85% | 7 | 0.25% | -794 | -28.15% | 2,821 |
| Sussex | 1,664 | 38.94% | 2,447 | 57.27% | 86 | 2.01% | 31 | 0.73% | 26 | 0.61% | 19 | 0.44% | -783 | -18.33% | 4,273 |
| Tazewell | 7,021 | 48.67% | 7,003 | 48.55% | 225 | 1.56% | 110 | 0.76% | 61 | 0.42% | 5 | 0.03% | 18 | 0.12% | 14,425 |
| Virginia Beach | 47,936 | 60.50% | 24,895 | 31.42% | 4,830 | 6.10% | 690 | 0.87% | 764 | 0.96% | 120 | 0.15% | 23,041 | 29.08% | 79,235 |
| Warren | 3,861 | 55.79% | 2,597 | 37.53% | 297 | 4.29% | 104 | 1.50% | 46 | 0.66% | 15 | 0.22% | 1,264 | 18.26% | 6,920 |
| Washington | 8,402 | 53.87% | 6,390 | 40.97% | 382 | 2.45% | 320 | 2.05% | 79 | 0.51% | 24 | 0.15% | 2,012 | 12.90% | 15,597 |
| Waynesboro | 3,697 | 61.84% | 1,926 | 32.22% | 255 | 4.27% | 72 | 1.20% | 23 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,771 | 29.62% | 5,978 |
| Westmoreland | 2,510 | 50.31% | 2,271 | 45.52% | 133 | 2.67% | 44 | 0.88% | 24 | 0.48% | 7 | 0.14% | 239 | 4.79% | 4,989 |
| Williamsburg | 1,344 | 45.51% | 1,199 | 40.60% | 340 | 11.51% | 41 | 1.39% | 26 | 0.88% | 3 | 0.10% | 145 | 4.91% | 2,953 |
| Winchester | 4,240 | 64.02% | 2,006 | 30.29% | 320 | 4.83% | 18 | 0.27% | 34 | 0.51% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,234 | 33.73% | 6,623 |
| Wise | 5,767 | 43.89% | 6,779 | 51.59% | 258 | 1.96% | 267 | 2.03% | 50 | 0.38% | 20 | 0.15% | -1,012 | -7.70% | 13,141 |
| Wythe | 4,758 | 54.28% | 3,677 | 41.95% | 164 | 1.87% | 95 | 1.08% | 61 | 0.70% | 11 | 0.13% | 1,081 | 12.33% | 8,766 |
| York | 6,744 | 55.58% | 4,532 | 37.35% | 723 | 5.96% | 36 | 0.30% | 95 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,212 | 18.23% | 12,133 |
| Totals | 989,609 | 53.03% | 752,174 | 40.31% | 95,418 | 5.11% | 14,024 | 0.75% | 12,821 | 0.69% | 1,986 | 0.11% | 237,435 | 12.72% | 1,866,032 |
Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]
- Arlington
- Accomack
- Amelia
- Bedford
- Botetourt
- Charlotte
- Cumberland
- Fluvanna
- Gloucester
- Goochland
- Grayson
- Halifax
- King George
- New Kent
- Nottoway
- Patrick
- Prince George
- Rappahannock
- Rockbridge
- Scott
- Smyth
- Spotsylvania
- Stafford
- Tazewell
- Westmoreland
- Warren County
- Alexandria
- Bristol
- Chesapeake
- Fredericksburg
- Galax
- Manassas Park
- Martinsville
- Newport News
- Salem
Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic[edit]
Results by congressional district[edit]
Reagan won 9 of 10 congressional districts. Carter and Reagan each won a district won by the other party.[15]
| District | Reagan | Carter | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 50% | 44% | Paul Trible |
| 2nd | 51% | 41% | G. William Whitehurst |
| 3rd | 55% | 40% | Thomas J. Bliley Jr. |
| 4th | 46% | 50% | Robert W. Daniel jr. |
| 5th | 56% | 40% | Dan Daniel |
| 6th | 53% | 42% | M. Caldwell Butler |
| 7th | 57% | 36% | J. Kenneth Robinson |
| 8th | 56% | 33% | Herbert E. Harris |
| Stanford Parris | |||
| 9th | 49% | 47% | Will Wampler |
| 10th | 54% | 34% | Joseph L. Fisher |
| Frank R. Wolf |
Analysis[edit]
Virginia was ultimately won by Reagan with a substantially larger majority than predicted by the Roanoke Times a week before the poll. Reagan received 53.03 percent of the vote to Carter’s 40.31 percent and Independent Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois’s 5.11 percent, which was still Anderson’s second-best performance in a former Confederate state.[16] The national election was ultimately won by Reagan with 50.75 percent of the vote.[17] In this election, Virginia voted 2.98 points to the right of the nation at-large.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion when Franklin County, Isle of Wight County, Craig County, Louisa County and Pulaski County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. It is also the last time Arlington County and Alexandria City have voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[18]
References[edit]
- ^ Heinemann, Ronald L. (2008). Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. p. 357. ISBN 0813927692.
- ^ Phillips, Kevin P. (1969). The Emerging Republican Majority. pp. 260–266. ISBN 0870000586.
- ^ Atkinson, Frank B. (2006). The Dynamic Dominion: Realignment and the Rise of Two-party Competition in Virginia, 1945-1980. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742552098.
- ^ Evans, Rowland; Novak, Robert (October 16, 1972). "Consider Virginia: McGovern, Nixon Creating a No-Party System in South". The Miami Herald. pp. 7-A.
- ^ Wharton, Elizabeth (October 3, 1980). "Carter, Reagan Stump Virginia". Ukiah Daily Journal. Ukiah, California. p. 2.
- ^ "Byrd Says He'll Vote for Reagan". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 15, 1980. p. 3.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ Mears, Walter R. (October 26, 1980). "Carter–Reagan Race Tightens Near Finish". Kansas City Star. pp. 1A, 14A.
- ^ Beagle, Ben (October 26, 1980). "Survey Says Reagan Leading by 9% in Virginia". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. pp. 1, 3.
- ^ "Survey Says Reagan is 68 Votes Short". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 26, 1980. p. A-2.
- ^ "Down by the Wire: State by State, It's Just too Close to Call". Daily Press. Victorville, California. November 3, 1980. p. B-1.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022.
- ^ "VA US Presidential Race, November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.
- ^ Politics in America (Report). Congressional Quarterly, inc. 1981. pp. 1234–1251.
- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results — Virginia". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Data — National". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
Works cited[edit]
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
