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The '''1976 United States presidential election in Virginia''' took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and [[Washington, D.C.|the District of Columbia]] were part of the [[1976 United States presidential election]]. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]], which selected the [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] of the United States.
'''[[Virginia]]''' was narrowly won by incumbent United States [[President of the United States|President]] [[Gerald Ford]] of [[Michigan]] with 49.29% of the vote, who was running against [[List of governors of Georgia|Governor]] [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. The national election was ultimately won by Carter with 50.08% of the vote. Virginia and [[1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] were the only states that Ford won in [[Southern United States|the South]]. Key to Ford’s win were the Richmond and Washington D.C. suburban counties of Henrico and Fairfax, which he won by over 42,000 votes. Ironically many of these suburban areas would eventually shift Virginia away from the Republicans starting in [[2008 United States presidential election in Virginia|2008]].
Carter did do relatively well in many rural sections of Virginia – for instance he is the solitary Democratic presidential nominee to top 40% in traditionally arch-Republican [[Floyd County, Virginia|Floyd County]] since [[Grover Cleveland]] in [[1892 United States presidential election in Virginia|1892]]. {{As of|2016|11|alt=As of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]]}} this is the last occasion a Democratic presidential nominee has carried [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia County]], [[Bedford County, Virginia|Bedford County]], [[Botetourt County, Virginia|Botetourt County]], [[Charlotte County, Virginia|Charlotte County]], [[Cumberland County, Virginia|Cumberland County]], [[Fluvanna County, Virginia|Fluvanna County]], [[Gloucester County, Virginia|Gloucester County]], [[Goochland County, Virginia|Goochland County]], [[Grayson County, Virginia|Grayson County]], [[Halifax County, Virginia|Halifax County]], [[King George County, Virginia|King George County]], [[New Kent County, Virginia|New Kent County]], [[Nottoway County, Virginia|Nottoway County]], [[Patrick County, Virginia|Patrick County]], [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George County]], [[Rappahannock County, Virginia|Rappahannock County]], [[Rockbridge County, Virginia|Rockbridge County]], [[Scott County, Virginia|Scott County]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania County]], [[Warren County, Virginia|Warren County]], [[Bristol, Virginia|Bristol City]] and [[Salem, Virginia|Salem City]], while [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford County]] would not vote for the Democratic nominee again until 2020.<ref name="how">Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref>
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