2022 population: 1,806,840
( 130,018 from 2010
, 33,337 from 2020)
Land area: 3530.4 square miles
Population density: 511.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 971,197 | 53.75% | 1.2% |
Black: | 547,301 | 30.29% | 6.7% |
Indian: | 6,203 | 0.34% | 9.2% |
Asian: | 78,013 | 4.32% | 32.4% |
2+ races: | 63,277 | 3.50% | 34.9% |
Hispanic: | 140,849 | 7.80% | 57.1% |
Total non-White: | 835,643 | 46.25% | 16.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 47,200 | 13.3 |
Deaths: | 39,125 | 11.0 |
Net Migration: | -7,122 | -2.0 |
Net Immigration: | 5,679 | 1.6 |
Change in White population: | 11,200 | 0.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 118,818 | 7.1 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +34,798 | D +55,675 | D + 5.3% | |
D +90,473 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +29,829 | D +30,660 | D + 2.4% | |
D +60,489 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +28,251 | D +29,867 | D + 2.4% | |
D +58,118 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R -6,547 | R +25,808 | R + 2.9% | |
D -32,355 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 64% | Joe Biden (D) | 490,193 | 55.5% | Donald Trump* (R) | 374,352 | 42.4% | 17,961 [+] | 2.0% | 882,506 | -4 | 0.56% |
2016 | 58% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 399,720 | 50.9% | Donald Trump (R) | 339,554 | 43.3% | 45,364 [+] | 5.8% | 784,638 | -3 | 0.57% |
2012 | 60% | Barack Obama* (D) | 429,704 | 54.7% | Mitt Romney (R) | 344,523 | 43.9% | 11,239 [+] | 1.4% | 785,466 | -3 | 0.61% |
2008 | 62% | Barack Obama (D) | 432,075 | 55.0% | John McCain (R) | 346,101 | 44.1% | 7,205 [+] | 0.9% | 785,381 | -2 | 0.60% |
2004 | 54% | George W. Bush* (R) | 350,358 | 53.2% | John Kerry (D) | 304,392 | 46.2% | 4,426 [+] | 0.7% | 659,176 | 2 | 0.54% |
2000 | 47% | George W. Bush (R) | 278,756 | 50.2% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 263,917 | 47.5% | 12,392 [+] | 2.2% | 555,065 | 2 | 0.53% |
1996 | 43% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 238,747 | 48.5% | Robert Dole (R) | 215,893 | 43.9% | 37,238 [+] | 7.6% | 491,878 | 3 | 0.51% |
1992 | 48% | George Bush* (R) | 229,553 | 43.7% | Bill Clinton (D) | 214,971 | 40.9% | 81,353 [+] | 15.5% | 525,877 | 6 | 0.50% |
1988 | 44% | George Bush (R) | 265,941 | 58.7% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 183,389 | 40.5% | 3,906 [+] | 0.9% | 453,236 | 5 | 0.49% |
1984 | 47% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 269,092 | 60.5% | Walter Mondale (D) | 173,054 | 38.9% | 2,375 | 0.5% | 444,521 | 2 | 0.48% |
1980 | 43% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 181,759 | 48.3% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 171,407 | 45.6% | 22,905 [+] | 6.1% | 376,071 | -2 | 0.43% |
1976 | 44% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 181,588 | 52.5% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 152,209 | 44.0% | 11,940 [+] | 3.5% | 345,737 | -4 | 0.42% |
1972 | 39% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 191,489 | 65.5% | George McGovern (D) | 92,648 | 31.7% | 8,357 [+] | 2.9% | 292,494 | 5 | 0.38% |
1968 | 44% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 98,233 | 35.8% | Richard Nixon (R) | 89,981 | 32.8% | 86,284 [+] | 31.4% | 274,498 | -11 | 0.37% |
1964 | 34% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 117,371 | 59.6% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 78,532 | 39.9% | 923 | 0.5% | 196,826 | 1 | 0.28% |
1960 | 22% | John Kennedy (D) | 61,705 | 53.7% | Richard Nixon (R) | 52,573 | 45.7% | 689 | 0.6% | 114,967 | -4 | 0.17% |
1956 | 20% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 46,292 | 52.6% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 38,318 | 43.6% | 3,356 | 3.8% | 87,966 | -5 | 0.14% |
1952 | 22% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 37,688 | 51.1% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 35,790 | 48.6% | 207 | 0.3% | 73,685 | -7 | 0.12% |
1948 | 17% | Harry Truman* (D) | 25,395 | 57.5% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 14,818 | 33.5% | 3,965 [+] | 9.0% | 44,178 | -12 | 0.09% |
1944 | 19% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 31,259 | 74.2% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 10,788 | 25.6% | 98 | 0.2% | 42,145 | -20 | 0.09% |
1940 | 20% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 29,941 | 80.2% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 7,254 | 19.4% | 126 | 0.3% | 37,321 | -25 | 0.07% |
1936 | 22% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 30,726 | 80.7% | Alf Landon (R) | 7,187 | 18.9% | 160 [+] | 0.4% | 38,073 | -18 | 0.08% |
1932 | 21% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 24,214 | 69.3% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 10,129 | 29.0% | 581 [+] | 1.7% | 34,924 | -11 | 0.09% |
1928 | 23% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 20,038 | 54.9% | Al Smith (D) | 16,381 | 44.9% | 79 [+] | 0.2% | 36,498 | -3 | 0.10% |
1924 | 14% | John Davis (D) | 14,253 | 67.8% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 5,349 | 25.4% | 1,423 [+] | 6.8% | 21,025 | -29 | 0.07% |
1920 | 16% | James Cox (D) | 17,296 | 70.9% | Warren Harding (R) | 6,865 | 28.1% | 245 [+] | 1.0% | 24,406 | -32 | 0.09% |
1916 | 11% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 10,748 | 76.9% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 2,978 | 21.3% | 259 [+] | 1.9% | 13,985 | -25 | 0.08% |
1912 | 12% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 10,575 | 80.4% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 1,592 | 12.1% | 988 [+] | 7.5% | 13,155 | -17 | 0.09% |
1908 | 12% | William J. Bryan (D) | 8,015 | 72.1% | William Taft (R) | 3,015 | 27.1% | 89 [+] | 0.8% | 11,119 | -24 | 0.07% |
1904 | 13% | Alton Parker (D) | 7,975 | 77.9% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 2,044 | 20.0% | 214 [+] | 2.1% | 10,233 | -36 | 0.08% |
1900 | 30% | William J. Bryan (D) | 12,994 | 61.6% | William McKinley* (R) | 7,894 | 37.4% | 192 [+] | 0.9% | 21,080 | -14 | 0.15% |
2020 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 490,193 | 55.5% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 374,352 | 42.4% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 14,699 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Other | 3,262 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 882,506 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 399,720 | 50.9% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 339,554 | 43.3% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 26,100 | 3.3% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 5,784 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 8,260 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 5,220 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 784,638 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 429,704 | 54.7% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 344,523 | 43.9% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 6,704 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 4,535 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 785,466 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 432,075 | 55.0% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 346,101 | 44.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,815 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 2,335 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 3,055 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 785,381 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 350,358 | 53.2% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 304,392 | 46.2% | ||||||||
Other | 4,426 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 659,176 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 278,756 | 50.2% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 263,917 | 47.5% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 7,923 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 745 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 3,724 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 555,065 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 238,747 | 48.5% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 215,893 | 43.9% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 33,675 | 6.8% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 1,440 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 2,123 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 491,878 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 214,971 | 40.9% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 229,553 | 43.7% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 78,038 | 14.8% | ||||||||
Other | 3,315 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 525,877 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 265,941 | 58.7% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 183,389 | 40.5% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 1,400 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 2,506 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 453,236 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 269,092 | 60.5% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 173,054 | 38.9% | ||||||||
Other | 2,375 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 444,521 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 181,759 | 48.3% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 171,407 | 45.6% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 17,176 | 4.6% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 2,635 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 3,094 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 376,071 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 181,588 | 52.5% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 152,209 | 44.0% | ||||||||
Other | 11,940 | 3.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 345,737 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 191,489 | 65.5% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 92,648 | 31.7% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 5,288 | 1.8% | ||||||||
Other | 3,069 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 292,494 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 89,981 | 32.8% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 98,233 | 35.8% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 84,250 | 30.7% | ||||||||
Other | 2,034 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 274,498 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 117,371 | 59.6% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 78,532 | 39.9% | ||||||||
Other | 923 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 196,826 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 61,705 | 53.7% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 52,573 | 45.7% | ||||||||
Other | 689 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 114,967 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 46,292 | 52.6% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 38,318 | 43.6% | ||||||||
Other | 3,356 | 3.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 87,966 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 35,790 | 48.6% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 37,688 | 51.1% | ||||||||
Other | 207 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 73,685 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 25,395 | 57.5% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 14,818 | 33.5% | ||||||||
Strom Thurmond (StsRts) | 3,388 | 7.7% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 512 | 1.2% | ||||||||
Other | 65 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 44,178 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 31,259 | 74.2% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 10,788 | 25.6% | ||||||||
Other | 98 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 42,145 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 29,941 | 80.2% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 7,254 | 19.4% | ||||||||
Other | 126 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 37,321 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 30,726 | 80.7% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 7,187 | 18.9% | ||||||||
Other | 160 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 38,073 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 24,214 | 69.3% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 10,129 | 29.0% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 432 | 1.2% | ||||||||
Other | 149 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 34,924 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 20,038 | 54.9% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 16,381 | 44.9% | ||||||||
Other | 79 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 36,498 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 5,349 | 25.4% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 14,253 | 67.8% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 1,406 | 6.7% | ||||||||
Other | 17 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 21,025 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 6,865 | 28.1% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 17,296 | 70.9% | ||||||||
Other | 245 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 24,406 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 10,748 | 76.9% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 2,978 | 21.3% | ||||||||
Other | 259 | 1.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 13,985 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 10,575 | 80.4% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 1,592 | 12.1% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 833 | 6.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 109 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 38 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 8 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 13,155 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 3,015 | 27.1% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 8,015 | 72.1% | ||||||||
Other | 89 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 11,119 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 2,044 | 20.0% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 7,975 | 77.9% | ||||||||
Other | 214 | 2.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 10,233 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 7,894 | 37.4% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 12,994 | 61.6% | ||||||||
Other | 192 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 21,080 | |||||||||
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