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It was generally acknowledged that [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]] offered no support to down-ballot Republican candidates,<ref name="Consider">{{Cite news|last=Evans|first=Rowland|last2=Novak|first2=Robert|date=October 16, 1972|title=Consider Virginia: McGovern, Nixon Creating a No-Party System in South|pages=7-A|work=[[The Miami Herald]]}}</ref> but the division in the state Democrats was so bad that they did not nominate a candidate for governor [[1973 Virginia gubernatorial election|in 1973]] — with most of the party supporting populist [[Henry Howell]].<ref>Bass; De Vries. ''The Transformation of Southern Politics'', p. 360</ref> However, the Democrats did regain a dozen seats in the state legislature in 1975.
[[Virginia]] was narrowly won by incumbent United States [[President of the United States|President]] [[Gerald Ford]] of [[Michigan]] with 49.29 percent 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 percent 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 forty percent 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> It is also the last occasion Virginia voted to the left of [[United States presidential elections in California|California]], [[United States presidential elections in Connecticut|Connecticut]], [[United States presidential elections in Illinois|Illinois]], [[United States presidential elections in Vermont|Vermont]] or [[United States presidential elections in Washington (state)|Washington state]].▼
==Campaign==
During the fall campaign, Virginia was the scene of debates between Carter and Ford in the third week of October. They would have their final debate of the whole campaign at the [[College of William & Mary|College of William and Mary]].<ref name=Scene>{{cite news|title=Scene of Final Debate: In Virginia, Ford and Carter Even|work=[[The Sentinel (Pennsylvania)|The Sentinel]]|location=[[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]], [[Pennsylvania]]|date=October 18, 1976|page=5}}</ref>
===Predictions
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▲[[Virginia]] was narrowly won by incumbent United States [[President of the United States|President]] [[Gerald Ford]] of [[Michigan]] with 49.29 percent 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 percent 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]].
==Results==
▲Carter did do relatively well in many rural sections of Virginia – for instance he is the solitary Democratic presidential nominee to top forty percent 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> It is also the last occasion Virginia voted to the left of [[United States presidential elections in California|California]], [[United States presidential elections in Connecticut|Connecticut]], [[United States presidential elections in Illinois|Illinois]], [[United States presidential elections in Vermont|Vermont]] or [[United States presidential elections in Washington (state)|Washington state]].
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===Results by county or independent city===
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! colspan="16" |1976 United States presidential election in Virginia by county or independent city<ref name="Our">{{cite web|publisher=Our Campaigns|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2362|title=VA US President Race, November 02, 1976}}</ref>
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!Totals!!836,554!!49.29%!!813,896!!47.96%!!17,802!!1.05%!!16,686!!0.98%!!7,508!!0.44%!!4,648!!0.27%!!22,658!!1.34%!!1,697,094
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===Results by congressional district===
Ford won
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