2022 population: 1,971,437
( 92,169 from 2010
, 7,465 from 2020)
Land area: 5680.8 square miles
Population density: 347.0 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,073,046 | 54.43% | 1.0% |
Black: | 592,747 | 30.07% | 2.7% |
Indian: | 6,935 | 0.35% | 7.2% |
Asian: | 79,714 | 4.04% | 32.1% |
2+ races: | 66,558 | 3.38% | 33.7% |
Hispanic: | 152,437 | 7.73% | 54.3% |
Total non-White: | 898,391 | 45.57% | 12.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 51,315 | 13.1 |
Deaths: | 45,457 | 11.6 |
Net Migration: | -4,888 | -1.2 |
Net Immigration: | 6,017 | 1.5 |
Change in White population: | -10,646 | -0.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 102,815 | 5.5 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +34,580 | D +55,445 | D + 4.9% | |
D +90,025 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +32,572 | D +21,397 | D + 1.3% | |
D +53,969 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +31,835 | D +19,397 | D + 1.1% | |
D +51,232 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R -2,745 | R +36,048 | R + 3.8% | |
D -38,793 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 63% | Joe Biden (D) | 533,192 | 54.8% | Donald Trump* (R) | 420,594 | 43.2% | 19,132 [+] | 2.0% | 972,918 | -4 | 0.61% |
2016 | 59% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 443,167 | 50.5% | Donald Trump (R) | 386,014 | 44.0% | 48,498 [+] | 5.5% | 877,679 | -2 | 0.64% |
2012 | 60% | Barack Obama* (D) | 479,223 | 54.5% | Mitt Romney (R) | 388,022 | 44.1% | 12,346 [+] | 1.4% | 879,591 | -3 | 0.68% |
2008 | 62% | Barack Obama (D) | 481,960 | 54.8% | John McCain (R) | 388,759 | 44.2% | 8,069 [+] | 0.9% | 878,788 | -1 | 0.67% |
2004 | 54% | George W. Bush* (R) | 389,788 | 53.0% | John Kerry (D) | 340,212 | 46.3% | 4,867 [+] | 0.7% | 734,867 | 2 | 0.60% |
2000 | 47% | George W. Bush (R) | 310,262 | 50.0% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 297,296 | 47.9% | 13,567 [+] | 2.2% | 621,125 | 2 | 0.59% |
1996 | 44% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 269,385 | 48.9% | Robert Dole (R) | 238,448 | 43.3% | 43,391 [+] | 7.9% | 551,224 | 3 | 0.57% |
1992 | 48% | George Bush* (R) | 253,957 | 43.0% | Bill Clinton (D) | 244,268 | 41.4% | 91,710 [+] | 15.5% | 589,935 | 6 | 0.56% |
1988 | 44% | George Bush (R) | 295,669 | 58.0% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 209,458 | 41.1% | 4,413 [+] | 0.9% | 509,540 | 5 | 0.56% |
1984 | 47% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 302,236 | 60.1% | Walter Mondale (D) | 197,979 | 39.4% | 2,719 | 0.5% | 502,934 | 1 | 0.54% |
1980 | 43% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 203,497 | 47.8% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 197,356 | 46.4% | 24,750 [+] | 5.8% | 425,603 | -3 | 0.49% |
1976 | 44% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 207,343 | 53.2% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 169,925 | 43.6% | 12,731 [+] | 3.3% | 389,999 | -4 | 0.48% |
1972 | 39% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 216,265 | 65.5% | George McGovern (D) | 104,924 | 31.8% | 9,026 [+] | 2.7% | 330,215 | 5 | 0.42% |
1968 | 45% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 113,401 | 35.7% | Richard Nixon (R) | 101,530 | 32.0% | 102,424 [+] | 32.3% | 317,355 | -11 | 0.43% |
1964 | 35% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 138,525 | 59.9% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 91,752 | 39.7% | 944 | 0.4% | 231,221 | 1 | 0.33% |
1960 | 23% | John Kennedy (D) | 80,125 | 56.0% | Richard Nixon (R) | 62,207 | 43.5% | 821 | 0.6% | 143,153 | -6 | 0.21% |
1956 | 21% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 56,387 | 50.2% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 51,850 | 46.1% | 4,197 | 3.7% | 112,434 | -7 | 0.18% |
1952 | 23% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 52,411 | 53.4% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 45,394 | 46.3% | 268 | 0.3% | 98,073 | -9 | 0.16% |
1948 | 18% | Harry Truman* (D) | 35,775 | 60.1% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 18,309 | 30.7% | 5,458 [+] | 9.2% | 59,542 | -14 | 0.12% |
1944 | 19% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 42,777 | 75.0% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 14,131 | 24.8% | 118 | 0.2% | 57,026 | -21 | 0.12% |
1940 | 19% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 42,617 | 80.8% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 9,969 | 18.9% | 149 | 0.3% | 52,735 | -26 | 0.11% |
1936 | 22% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 43,584 | 81.9% | Alf Landon (R) | 9,480 | 17.8% | 181 [+] | 0.3% | 53,245 | -19 | 0.12% |
1932 | 21% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 37,248 | 74.1% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 12,347 | 24.6% | 679 [+] | 1.4% | 50,274 | -15 | 0.13% |
1928 | 22% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 25,519 | 50.4% | Al Smith (D) | 24,992 | 49.4% | 84 [+] | 0.2% | 50,595 | -8 | 0.14% |
1924 | 14% | John Davis (D) | 22,332 | 70.9% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 7,504 | 23.8% | 1,645 [+] | 5.2% | 31,481 | -30 | 0.11% |
1920 | 16% | James Cox (D) | 26,694 | 72.8% | Warren Harding (R) | 9,680 | 26.4% | 318 [+] | 0.9% | 36,692 | -34 | 0.14% |
1916 | 12% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 18,039 | 78.2% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 4,734 | 20.5% | 304 [+] | 1.3% | 23,077 | -26 | 0.12% |
1912 | 12% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 17,105 | 79.9% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 2,277 | 10.6% | 2,026 [+] | 9.5% | 21,408 | -15 | 0.14% |
1908 | 13% | William J. Bryan (D) | 14,275 | 71.8% | William Taft (R) | 5,444 | 27.4% | 172 [+] | 0.9% | 19,891 | -24 | 0.13% |
1904 | 13% | Alton Parker (D) | 14,081 | 76.1% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 4,113 | 22.2% | 321 [+] | 1.7% | 18,515 | -34 | 0.14% |
1900 | 30% | William J. Bryan (D) | 23,698 | 61.5% | William McKinley* (R) | 14,524 | 37.7% | 315 [+] | 0.8% | 38,537 | -14 | 0.28% |
2020 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 533,192 | 54.8% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 420,594 | 43.2% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 15,483 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Other | 3,649 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 972,918 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 443,167 | 50.5% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 386,014 | 44.0% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 28,200 | 3.2% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 6,038 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 8,515 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Other | 5,745 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 877,679 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 479,223 | 54.5% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 388,022 | 44.1% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 7,443 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Other | 4,903 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 879,591 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 481,960 | 54.8% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 388,759 | 44.2% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,940 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 2,705 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 3,424 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 878,788 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 389,788 | 53.0% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 340,212 | 46.3% | ||||||||
Other | 4,867 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 734,867 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 310,262 | 50.0% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 297,296 | 47.9% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 8,349 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 950 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 4,268 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 621,125 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 269,385 | 48.9% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 238,448 | 43.3% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 38,909 | 7.1% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 1,614 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 2,868 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 551,224 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 244,268 | 41.4% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 253,957 | 43.0% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 87,868 | 14.9% | ||||||||
Other | 3,842 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 589,935 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 295,669 | 58.0% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 209,458 | 41.1% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 1,536 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 2,877 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 509,540 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 302,236 | 60.1% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 197,979 | 39.4% | ||||||||
Other | 2,719 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 502,934 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 203,497 | 47.8% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 197,356 | 46.4% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 18,452 | 4.3% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 2,954 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 3,344 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 425,603 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 207,343 | 53.2% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 169,925 | 43.6% | ||||||||
Other | 12,731 | 3.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 389,999 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 216,265 | 65.5% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 104,924 | 31.8% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 5,870 | 1.8% | ||||||||
Other | 3,156 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 330,215 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 101,530 | 32.0% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 113,401 | 35.7% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 100,326 | 31.6% | ||||||||
Other | 2,098 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 317,355 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 138,525 | 59.9% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 91,752 | 39.7% | ||||||||
Other | 944 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 231,221 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 80,125 | 56.0% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 62,207 | 43.5% | ||||||||
Other | 821 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 143,153 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 56,387 | 50.2% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 51,850 | 46.1% | ||||||||
Other | 4,197 | 3.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 112,434 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 45,394 | 46.3% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 52,411 | 53.4% | ||||||||
Other | 268 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 98,073 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 35,775 | 60.1% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 18,309 | 30.7% | ||||||||
Strom Thurmond (StsRts) | 4,828 | 8.1% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 557 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 73 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 59,542 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 42,777 | 75.0% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 14,131 | 24.8% | ||||||||
Other | 118 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 57,026 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 42,617 | 80.8% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 9,969 | 18.9% | ||||||||
Other | 149 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 52,735 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 43,584 | 81.9% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 9,480 | 17.8% | ||||||||
Other | 181 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 53,245 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 37,248 | 74.1% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 12,347 | 24.6% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 487 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Other | 192 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 50,274 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 25,519 | 50.4% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 24,992 | 49.4% | ||||||||
Other | 84 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 50,595 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 7,504 | 23.8% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 22,332 | 70.9% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 1,615 | 5.1% | ||||||||
Other | 30 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 31,481 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 9,680 | 26.4% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 26,694 | 72.8% | ||||||||
Other | 318 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 36,692 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 18,039 | 78.2% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 4,734 | 20.5% | ||||||||
Other | 304 | 1.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 23,077 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 17,105 | 79.9% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 2,277 | 10.6% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 1,825 | 8.5% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 117 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 76 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 8 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 21,408 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 5,444 | 27.4% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 14,275 | 71.8% | ||||||||
Other | 172 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 19,891 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 4,113 | 22.2% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 14,081 | 76.1% | ||||||||
Other | 321 | 1.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 18,515 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 14,524 | 37.7% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 23,698 | 61.5% | ||||||||
Other | 315 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 38,537 | |||||||||
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