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The2004 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Virginia was won by incumbentPresidentGeorge W. Bush by an 8.20% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise ared state. The state had voted for theRepublican candidate in all presidential elections since1952 except for1964's Democratic landslide. This pattern continued in 2004, although it would be broken four years later by the Democratic victory in2008.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last time that Virginia has voted for a Republican candidate in a presidential election (or in any federal statewide election). This is also the last time Virginia and West Virginia have voted for the same presidential candidate.
This was also the last timeBuchanan County andDickenson County would vote Democratic for president; and the last timeLoudoun County,Prince William County, andHenrico County, and the independent cities ofWinchester,Radford,Staunton,Harrisonburg,Manassas,Suffolk,Hopewell, andManassas Park, would vote Republican for president.
Kerry narrowly wonNorthern Virginia, which would transform into a Democratic stronghold in 2008. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carryingFairfax County sinceCalvin Coolidge in1924.
There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.[2]
| Source | Ranking |
|---|---|
| D.C. Political Report | Solid R |
| Associated Press | Lean R |
| CNN | Likely R |
| Cook Political Report | Lean R |
| Newsweek | Lean R |
| New York Times | Lean R |
| Rasmussen Reports | Likely R |
| Research 2000 | Solid R |
| Washington Post | Likely R |
| Washington Times | Solid R |
| Zogby International | Likely R |
| Washington Dispatch | Likely R |
Bush won every single pre-election poll. The final 3 poll average showed Bush leading 50% to 45%.[3]
Bush raised $8,594,386.[4] Kerry raised $6,125,128.[5]
Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall election.[6][7]
For about 80 years after the Civil War, Virginia was, like most other former Confederate states, reliably Democratic at the presidential level. After the passage of civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s, Virginia turned strongly Republican at the presidential level, being the only former Confederate state to vote for Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter in 1976. Much of the Republican strength in the state was based in the large and growingRichmond- andWashington, D.C.-area suburbs ofHenrico,Chesterfield, andFairfax Counties. This trend would start to change in the 2000s; although Bush was widely expected to carry Virginia and did prevail in the state by over 8 points, this election set the stage for the state to become more competitive on the presidential level in the future.
Though the state was uncontested by both campaigns,[8] John Kerry became the first Democrat sinceLyndon B. Johnson in1964 to carry Fairfax County, long a key Republican stronghold and the most populous county in the state. He was also the first Democrat sinceHarry S. Truman in1948 to carry the independent city ofDanville andAlbermarle County.[9] However, Bush managed to keep the margin in Virginia roughly unchanged with respect to 2000 by making further inroads in rural Virginia, particularly inSouthwest Virginia, a heavily unionized region that had traditionally been one of the Democratic strongholds in the state. Bush became the first Republican to carryRussell County since 1972 and expanded his margin by over 10 points inWashington,Scott,Wise,Lee, andSmyth Counties. These countervailing trends would continue in subsequent elections, with Democrats expanding their support in Fairfax County while Republicans showed increasing support in Appalachian Virginia.
| 2004 United States presidential election in Virginia[10] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush(inc.) | Dick Cheney(incumbent) | 1,716,959 | 53.68% | 13 | |
| Democratic | John Kerry | John Edwards | 1,454,742 | 45.48% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | Richard Campagna | 11,032 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Michael Peroutka | Chuck Baldwin | 10,161 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Independent (Write-in) | Ralph Nader (Write-in) | Peter Camejo | 2,393 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Green (Write-in) | David Cobb (Write-in) | Pat LaMarche | 104 | <0.01% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | 2,976 | 0.09% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 3,198,367 | 100.00% | 13 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 57.2% | — | ||||
| County/City | George W. Bush Republican | John Kerry Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack | 7,726 | 57.85% | 5,518 | 41.31% | 112 | 0.84% | 2,208 | 16.54% | 13,356 |
| Albemarle | 21,189 | 48.46% | 22,088 | 50.51% | 449 | 1.03% | -899 | -2.05% | 43,726 |
| Alexandria | 19,844 | 32.26% | 41,116 | 66.84% | 555 | 0.90% | -21,272 | -34.58% | 61,515 |
| Alleghany | 3,962 | 55.07% | 3,203 | 44.52% | 30 | 0.42% | 759 | 10.55% | 7,195 |
| Amelia | 3,499 | 64.83% | 1,862 | 34.50% | 36 | 0.67% | 1,637 | 30.33% | 5,397 |
| Amherst | 7,758 | 61.11% | 4,866 | 38.33% | 71 | 0.56% | 2,892 | 22.78% | 12,695 |
| Appomattox | 4,366 | 65.60% | 2,191 | 32.92% | 98 | 1.47% | 2,175 | 32.68% | 6,655 |
| Arlington | 29,635 | 31.31% | 63,987 | 67.60% | 1,028 | 1.09% | -34,352 | -36.29% | 94,650 |
| Augusta | 22,100 | 74.40% | 7,019 | 23.63% | 585 | 1.97% | 15,081 | 50.77% | 29,704 |
| Bath | 1,432 | 62.75% | 828 | 36.28% | 22 | 0.96% | 604 | 26.47% | 2,282 |
| Bedford | 21,925 | 69.82% | 9,102 | 28.98% | 377 | 1.20% | 12,823 | 40.84% | 31,404 |
| Bedford City | 1,472 | 57.91% | 1,042 | 40.99% | 28 | 1.10% | 430 | 16.92% | 2,542 |
| Bland | 1,962 | 68.48% | 846 | 29.53% | 57 | 1.99% | 1,116 | 38.95% | 2,865 |
| Botetourt | 10,865 | 68.78% | 4,801 | 30.39% | 131 | 0.83% | 6,064 | 38.39% | 15,797 |
| Bristol | 4,275 | 63.58% | 2,400 | 35.69% | 49 | 0.73% | 1,875 | 27.89% | 6,724 |
| Brunswick | 2,852 | 41.18% | 4,062 | 58.65% | 12 | 0.17% | -1,210 | -17.47% | 6,926 |
| Buchanan | 4,507 | 45.85% | 5,275 | 53.67% | 47 | 0.48% | -768 | -7.82% | 9,829 |
| Buckingham | 3,185 | 52.85% | 2,789 | 46.28% | 53 | 0.88% | 396 | 6.57% | 6,027 |
| Buena Vista | 1,417 | 59.31% | 936 | 39.18% | 36 | 1.51% | 481 | 20.13% | 2,389 |
| Campbell | 15,891 | 69.10% | 6,862 | 29.84% | 244 | 1.06% | 9,029 | 39.26% | 22,997 |
| Caroline | 4,999 | 50.22% | 4,878 | 49.01% | 77 | 0.77% | 121 | 1.21% | 9,954 |
| Carroll | 8,173 | 67.39% | 3,888 | 32.06% | 67 | 0.55% | 4,285 | 35.33% | 12,128 |
| Charles City | 1,254 | 36.46% | 2,155 | 62.66% | 30 | 0.87% | -901 | -26.20% | 3,439 |
| Charlotte | 3,166 | 58.22% | 2,223 | 40.88% | 49 | 0.90% | 943 | 17.34% | 5,438 |
| Charlottesville | 4,172 | 27.00% | 11,088 | 71.77% | 190 | 1.23% | -6,916 | -44.77% | 15,450 |
| Chesapeake | 52,283 | 57.11% | 38,744 | 42.32% | 514 | 0.56% | 13,539 | 14.79% | 91,541 |
| Chesterfield | 83,745 | 62.58% | 49,346 | 36.88% | 723 | 0.54% | 34,399 | 25.70% | 133,814 |
| Clarke | 3,741 | 57.51% | 2,699 | 41.49% | 65 | 1.00% | 1,042 | 16.02% | 6,505 |
| Colonial Heights | 6,129 | 74.46% | 2,061 | 25.04% | 41 | 0.50% | 4,068 | 49.42% | 8,231 |
| Covington | 1,104 | 47.98% | 1,179 | 51.24% | 18 | 0.78% | -75 | -3.26% | 2,301 |
| Craig | 1,706 | 65.09% | 901 | 34.38% | 14 | 0.53% | 805 | 30.71% | 2,621 |
| Culpeper | 10,026 | 64.25% | 5,476 | 35.09% | 103 | 0.66% | 4,550 | 29.16% | 15,605 |
| Cumberland | 2,377 | 57.61% | 1,721 | 41.71% | 28 | 0.68% | 656 | 15.90% | 4,126 |
| Danville | 9,399 | 49.18% | 9,436 | 49.37% | 277 | 1.45% | -37 | -0.19% | 19,112 |
| Dickenson | 3,591 | 48.49% | 3,761 | 50.78% | 54 | 0.73% | -170 | -2.29% | 7,406 |
| Dinwiddie | 6,193 | 57.14% | 4,569 | 42.15% | 77 | 0.71% | 1,624 | 14.99% | 10,839 |
| Emporia | 970 | 43.67% | 1,247 | 56.15% | 4 | 0.18% | -277 | -12.48% | 2,221 |
| Essex | 2,304 | 53.04% | 2,007 | 46.20% | 33 | 0.76% | 297 | 6.84% | 4,344 |
| Fairfax | 211,980 | 45.94% | 245,671 | 53.25% | 3,728 | 0.81% | -33,691 | -7.31% | 461,379 |
| Fairfax City | 5,045 | 47.84% | 5,395 | 51.16% | 106 | 1.01% | -350 | -3.32% | 10,546 |
| Falls Church | 2,074 | 34.01% | 3,944 | 64.68% | 80 | 1.31% | -1,870 | -30.67% | 6,098 |
| Fauquier | 19,011 | 63.55% | 10,712 | 35.81% | 192 | 0.64% | 8,299 | 27.74% | 29,915 |
| Floyd | 4,162 | 61.81% | 2,488 | 36.95% | 84 | 1.25% | 1,674 | 24.86% | 6,734 |
| Fluvanna | 6,458 | 58.94% | 4,415 | 40.29% | 84 | 0.77% | 2,043 | 18.65% | 10,957 |
| Franklin | 14,048 | 63.21% | 8,002 | 36.01% | 173 | 0.78% | 6,046 | 27.20% | 22,223 |
| Franklin City | 1,613 | 45.62% | 1,910 | 54.02% | 13 | 0.37% | -297 | -8.40% | 3,536 |
| Frederick | 19,386 | 67.93% | 8,853 | 31.02% | 301 | 1.05% | 10,533 | 36.91% | 28,540 |
| Fredericksburg | 3,390 | 44.95% | 4,085 | 54.16% | 67 | 0.89% | -695 | -9.21% | 7,542 |
| Galax | 1,336 | 57.22% | 987 | 42.27% | 12 | 0.51% | 349 | 14.95% | 2,335 |
| Giles | 4,320 | 57.62% | 3,047 | 40.64% | 131 | 1.75% | 1,273 | 16.98% | 7,498 |
| Gloucester | 11,084 | 67.86% | 5,105 | 31.26% | 144 | 0.88% | 5,979 | 36.60% | 16,333 |
| Goochland | 6,668 | 64.50% | 3,583 | 34.66% | 87 | 0.84% | 3,085 | 29.84% | 10,338 |
| Grayson | 4,655 | 65.22% | 2,430 | 34.05% | 52 | 0.73% | 2,225 | 31.17% | 7,137 |
| Greene | 4,570 | 65.86% | 2,240 | 32.28% | 129 | 1.86% | 2,330 | 33.58% | 6,939 |
| Greensville | 1,732 | 40.68% | 2,514 | 59.04% | 12 | 0.28% | -782 | -18.36% | 4,258 |
| Halifax | 8,363 | 57.06% | 6,220 | 42.44% | 73 | 0.50% | 2,143 | 14.62% | 14,656 |
| Hampton | 23,399 | 41.98% | 32,016 | 57.44% | 326 | 0.58% | -8,617 | -15.46% | 55,741 |
| Hanover | 35,404 | 71.36% | 13,941 | 28.10% | 266 | 0.54% | 21,463 | 43.26% | 49,611 |
| Harrisonburg | 6,165 | 55.89% | 4,726 | 42.85% | 139 | 1.26% | 1,439 | 13.04% | 11,030 |
| Henrico | 71,809 | 53.82% | 60,864 | 45.62% | 745 | 0.56% | 10,945 | 8.20% | 133,418 |
| Henry | 13,358 | 56.94% | 9,851 | 41.99% | 249 | 1.06% | 3,507 | 14.95% | 23,458 |
| Highland | 982 | 64.61% | 522 | 34.34% | 16 | 1.05% | 460 | 30.27% | 1,520 |
| Hopewell | 4,251 | 53.57% | 3,573 | 45.02% | 112 | 1.41% | 678 | 8.55% | 7,936 |
| Isle of Wight | 9,929 | 62.56% | 5,871 | 36.99% | 71 | 0.45% | 4,058 | 25.57% | 15,871 |
| James City | 18,949 | 60.95% | 11,934 | 38.39% | 207 | 0.67% | 7,015 | 22.56% | 31,090 |
| King and Queen | 1,737 | 52.86% | 1,506 | 45.83% | 43 | 1.31% | 231 | 7.03% | 3,286 |
| King George | 5,124 | 64.69% | 2,739 | 34.58% | 58 | 0.73% | 2,385 | 30.11% | 7,921 |
| King William | 4,397 | 63.98% | 2,436 | 35.45% | 39 | 0.57% | 1,961 | 28.53% | 6,872 |
| Lancaster | 3,724 | 59.78% | 2,477 | 39.76% | 29 | 0.47% | 1,247 | 20.02% | 6,230 |
| Lee | 5,664 | 57.97% | 4,005 | 40.99% | 101 | 1.03% | 1,659 | 16.98% | 9,770 |
| Lexington | 982 | 41.81% | 1,340 | 57.05% | 27 | 1.15% | -358 | -15.24% | 2,349 |
| Loudoun | 60,382 | 55.69% | 47,271 | 43.60% | 777 | 0.72% | 13,111 | 12.09% | 108,430 |
| Louisa | 7,083 | 58.85% | 4,844 | 40.25% | 108 | 0.90% | 2,239 | 18.60% | 12,035 |
| Lunenburg | 2,858 | 54.49% | 2,362 | 45.03% | 25 | 0.48% | 496 | 9.46% | 5,245 |
| Lynchburg | 14,400 | 54.67% | 11,727 | 44.52% | 213 | 0.81% | 2,673 | 10.15% | 26,340 |
| Madison | 3,556 | 61.61% | 2,176 | 37.70% | 40 | 0.69% | 1,380 | 23.91% | 5,772 |
| Manassas | 7,257 | 56.24% | 5,562 | 43.11% | 84 | 0.65% | 1,695 | 13.13% | 12,903 |
| Manassas Park | 1,807 | 54.23% | 1,498 | 44.96% | 27 | 0.81% | 309 | 9.27% | 3,332 |
| Martinsville | 2,538 | 45.30% | 3,036 | 54.19% | 29 | 0.52% | -498 | -8.89% | 5,603 |
| Mathews | 3,497 | 68.18% | 1,589 | 30.98% | 43 | 0.84% | 1,908 | 37.20% | 5,129 |
| Mecklenburg | 7,319 | 57.27% | 5,293 | 41.42% | 168 | 1.31% | 2,026 | 15.85% | 12,780 |
| Middlesex | 3,336 | 62.04% | 1,914 | 35.60% | 127 | 2.36% | 1,422 | 26.44% | 5,377 |
| Montgomery | 17,070 | 54.16% | 14,128 | 44.83% | 317 | 1.01% | 2,942 | 9.33% | 31,515 |
| Nelson | 3,539 | 49.57% | 3,543 | 49.63% | 57 | 0.80% | -4 | -0.06% | 7,139 |
| New Kent | 5,414 | 68.13% | 2,443 | 30.75% | 89 | 1.12% | 2,971 | 37.38% | 7,946 |
| Newport News | 32,208 | 47.40% | 35,319 | 51.98% | 425 | 0.63% | -3,111 | -4.58% | 67,952 |
| Norfolk | 26,401 | 37.41% | 43,518 | 61.67% | 651 | 0.92% | -17,117 | -24.26% | 70,570 |
| Northampton | 2,669 | 48.54% | 2,775 | 50.46% | 55 | 1.00% | -106 | -1.92% | 5,499 |
| Northumberland | 3,832 | 59.79% | 2,548 | 39.76% | 29 | 0.45% | 1,284 | 20.03% | 6,409 |
| Norton | 768 | 51.06% | 725 | 48.20% | 11 | 0.73% | 43 | 2.86% | 1,504 |
| Nottoway | 3,303 | 54.78% | 2,635 | 43.70% | 92 | 1.53% | 668 | 11.08% | 6,030 |
| Orange | 7,749 | 59.94% | 5,015 | 38.79% | 164 | 1.27% | 2,734 | 21.15% | 12,928 |
| Page | 6,221 | 64.78% | 3,324 | 34.61% | 58 | 0.60% | 2,897 | 30.17% | 9,603 |
| Patrick | 5,507 | 67.04% | 2,572 | 31.31% | 136 | 1.66% | 2,935 | 35.73% | 8,215 |
| Petersburg | 2,238 | 18.73% | 9,682 | 81.03% | 29 | 0.24% | -7,444 | -62.30% | 11,949 |
| Pittsylvania | 17,673 | 64.46% | 9,274 | 33.83% | 470 | 1.71% | 8,399 | 30.63% | 27,417 |
| Poquoson | 5,004 | 77.22% | 1,424 | 21.98% | 52 | 0.80% | 3,580 | 55.24% | 6,480 |
| Portsmouth | 15,212 | 38.48% | 24,112 | 60.99% | 210 | 0.53% | -8,900 | -22.51% | 39,534 |
| Powhatan | 8,955 | 73.62% | 3,112 | 25.59% | 96 | 0.79% | 5,843 | 48.03% | 12,163 |
| Prince Edward | 3,571 | 48.81% | 3,632 | 49.64% | 113 | 1.54% | -61 | -0.83% | 7,316 |
| Prince George | 8,131 | 61.35% | 5,066 | 38.22% | 57 | 0.43% | 3,065 | 23.13% | 13,254 |
| Prince William | 69,776 | 52.84% | 61,271 | 46.40% | 1,016 | 0.77% | 8,505 | 6.44% | 132,063 |
| Pulaski | 8,769 | 61.53% | 5,310 | 37.26% | 172 | 1.21% | 3,459 | 24.27% | 14,251 |
| Radford | 2,564 | 52.92% | 2,244 | 46.32% | 37 | 0.76% | 320 | 6.60% | 4,845 |
| Rappahannock | 2,172 | 53.63% | 1,837 | 45.36% | 41 | 1.01% | 335 | 8.27% | 4,050 |
| Richmond | 2,082 | 61.95% | 1,243 | 36.98% | 36 | 1.07% | 839 | 24.97% | 3,361 |
| Richmond City | 21,637 | 29.11% | 52,167 | 70.19% | 521 | 0.70% | -30,530 | -41.08% | 74,325 |
| Roanoke | 30,596 | 65.14% | 16,082 | 34.24% | 295 | 0.63% | 14,514 | 30.90% | 46,973 |
| Roanoke City | 16,661 | 46.28% | 18,862 | 52.39% | 477 | 1.33% | -2,201 | -6.11% | 36,000 |
| Rockbridge | 5,412 | 58.95% | 3,627 | 39.51% | 142 | 1.55% | 1,785 | 19.44% | 9,181 |
| Rockingham | 21,737 | 74.40% | 7,273 | 24.89% | 206 | 0.71% | 14,464 | 49.51% | 29,216 |
| Russell | 6,077 | 53.20% | 5,167 | 45.23% | 179 | 1.57% | 910 | 7.97% | 11,423 |
| Salem | 7,115 | 61.96% | 4,254 | 37.04% | 115 | 1.00% | 2,861 | 24.92% | 11,484 |
| Scott | 6,479 | 65.00% | 3,324 | 33.35% | 164 | 1.65% | 3,155 | 31.65% | 9,967 |
| Shenandoah | 11,820 | 68.94% | 5,186 | 30.25% | 140 | 0.82% | 6,634 | 38.69% | 17,146 |
| Smyth | 7,906 | 64.18% | 4,143 | 33.63% | 270 | 2.19% | 3,763 | 30.55% | 12,319 |
| Southampton | 4,018 | 53.63% | 3,431 | 45.80% | 43 | 0.57% | 587 | 7.83% | 7,492 |
| Spotsylvania | 28,527 | 62.77% | 16,623 | 36.58% | 295 | 0.65% | 11,904 | 26.19% | 45,445 |
| Stafford | 28,500 | 61.98% | 17,208 | 37.42% | 278 | 0.60% | 11,292 | 24.56% | 45,986 |
| Staunton | 5,805 | 60.29% | 3,756 | 39.01% | 68 | 0.71% | 2,049 | 21.28% | 9,629 |
| Suffolk | 16,763 | 52.08% | 15,233 | 47.32% | 193 | 0.60% | 1,530 | 4.76% | 32,189 |
| Surry | 1,543 | 43.81% | 1,954 | 55.48% | 25 | 0.71% | -411 | -11.67% | 3,522 |
| Sussex | 1,890 | 43.50% | 2,420 | 55.70% | 35 | 0.81% | -530 | -12.20% | 4,345 |
| Tazewell | 10,039 | 57.43% | 7,184 | 41.10% | 257 | 1.47% | 2,855 | 16.33% | 17,480 |
| Virginia Beach | 103,752 | 59.06% | 70,666 | 40.22% | 1,269 | 0.72% | 33,086 | 18.84% | 175,687 |
| Warren | 8,600 | 61.13% | 5,241 | 37.25% | 227 | 1.61% | 3,359 | 23.88% | 14,068 |
| Washington | 14,749 | 65.51% | 7,339 | 32.60% | 426 | 1.89% | 7,410 | 32.91% | 22,514 |
| Waynesboro | 5,092 | 63.95% | 2,792 | 35.06% | 79 | 0.99% | 2,300 | 28.89% | 7,963 |
| Westmoreland | 3,433 | 50.13% | 3,370 | 49.21% | 45 | 0.66% | 63 | 0.92% | 6,848 |
| Williamsburg | 2,064 | 47.78% | 2,216 | 51.30% | 40 | 0.93% | -152 | -3.52% | 4,320 |
| Winchester | 5,283 | 56.55% | 3,967 | 42.46% | 93 | 1.00% | 1,316 | 14.09% | 9,343 |
| Wise | 8,330 | 58.20% | 5,802 | 40.54% | 180 | 1.26% | 2,528 | 17.66% | 14,312 |
| Wythe | 7,911 | 68.47% | 3,581 | 30.99% | 62 | 0.54% | 4,330 | 37.48% | 11,554 |
| York | 19,396 | 64.91% | 10,276 | 34.39% | 208 | 0.70% | 9,120 | 30.52% | 29,880 |
| Totals | 1,716,959 | 53.68% | 1,454,742 | 45.48% | 26,666 | 0.84% | 262,217 | 8.20% | 3,198,367 |
| Democratic Hold Gain from Republican | Republican Hold Gain from Democratic |
Bush won nine of 11 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[11]
| District | Bush | Kerry | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 60% | 39% | Jo Ann Davis |
| 2nd | 58% | 42% | Thelma Drake |
| 3rd | 33% | 66% | Bobby Scott |
| 4th | 57% | 43% | Randy Forbes |
| 5th | 56% | 43% | Virgil Goode |
| 6th | 63% | 36% | Bob Goodlatte |
| 7th | 61% | 38% | Eric Cantor |
| 8th | 35% | 64% | Jim Moran |
| 9th | 59% | 39% | Rick Boucher |
| 10th | 55% | 44% | Frank Wolf |
| 11th | 50% | 49% | Tom Davis |
Technically the voters of Virginia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. Virginia is allocated 13 electors because it has 11congressional districts and 2senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 13 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 13 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as afaithless elector.
The electors of each state and theDistrict of Columbia met on December 13, 2004, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.
The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 13 were pledged for Bush/Cheney:
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