United States presidential election in Virginia, 2016

United States presidential election in Virginia, 2016

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Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state New York New York Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 1,981,473 1,769,443 Percentage 49.75% 44.43%
County and Independent City Results Clinton   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Trump   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

Virginia Republican primary, 2016

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Candidate Donald Trump Marco Rubio Ted Cruz Home state New York Florida Texas Delegate count 17 16 8 Popular vote 356,840 327,918 171,150 Percentage 34.80% 31.98% 16.69%   Candidate John Kasich Ben Carson Home state Ohio Maryland Delegate count 5 3 Popular vote 97,784 60,228 Percentage 9.54% 5.87%
Virginia results by county   Donald Trump   Marco Rubio

Virginia Republican primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	356,840	34.80%	17	0	17
Marco Rubio	327,918	31.98%	16	0	16
Ted Cruz	171,150	16.69%	8	0	8
John Kasich	97,784	9.54%	5	0	5
Ben Carson	60,228	5.87%	3	0	3
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)	3,645	0.36%	0	0	0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)	2,917	0.28%	0	0	0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)	1,458	0.14%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	1,102	0.11%	0	0	0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)	914	0.09%	0	0	0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn)	653	0.06%	0	0	0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)	444	0.04%	0	0	0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)	399	0.04%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	1,025,452	100.00%	49	0	49
Source: The Green Papers

Virginia Primary, April 3, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	National delegates
Jill Stein	35	76%	3
Kent Mesplay	3	6%	1
William Kreml	2	4.1%	-
Darryl Cherney	2	3.8%	-
Sedinam Curry	1	1.7%	-
Write-ins	3	8.4%	-
Total	46	100.00%	4

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The 2016 United States presidential election in Virginia was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Virginia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Virginia voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties' respective nominees for President. Virginia voters do not register by party.

The Democratic Party candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York, carried Virginia with 49.7% of the popular vote against businessman Donald Trump of New York, who carried 44.4%, a victory margin of 5.3%. Clinton seemed to benefit from having Tim Kaine on the ticket, as well as the state having two Democratic senators. Whereas the national popular vote swung 1.9% Republican from the previous election, Virginia swung 1.37% Democratic.