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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% 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 was unusual in this election because it was the only state that Ford won in [[Southern United States|the South]] besides [[1976 United States presidential election in Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]. 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. Minus Henrico County, Carter would have won a razor-thin victory by 0.06%.
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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