Woodrow Wilson carried Virginia D+48.9.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Virginia, 1912. Virginia held 12 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 29.3 points more Democratic than the nation (D+19.5 nationally).

Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)

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Virginia result

137,189 votes counted

Electoral votes

12

Wilson (D)

90,380

65.9%

Taft (R)

23,327

17.0%

Roosevelt + others

23,482

17.1%

Margin

D+48.9

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1912 presidential election

Virginia, 1912

WilsonD+48.9

How it voted

Share of the 1912 vote

Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic	65.9%	90,380
Theodore RooseveltProgressive	17.1%	23,482
William H. TaftRepublican	17.0%	23,327

D+60

R+60

116 counties, each filled by 1912 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1912

116 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	D	+79.1%	1,825	153	2,114
Albemarle County	D	+71.3%	1,215	144	1,503
Alexandria city	D	+68.2%	951	132	1,201
Alleghany County	D	+39.5%	687	188	1,262
Amelia County	D	+71.6%	325	32	409
Amherst County	D	+78.1%	765	64	897
Appomattox County	D	+85.3%	654	28	734
Arlington County	D	+33.3%	394	125	809
Augusta County	D	+39.8%	1,556	568	2,480
Bath County	D	+31.3%	329	159	544
Bedford County	D	+62.1%	1,219	142	1,733
Bland County	D	+13.5%	289	206	615
Botetourt County	D	+23.1%	889	517	1,608
Bristol city	D	+56.4%	405	86	566
Brunswick County	D	+75.4%	643	67	764
Buchanan County	D	+26.4%	524	223	1,138
Buckingham County	D	+62.5%	603	97	810
Buena Vista city	D	+43.6%	155	43	257
Campbell County	D	+67.8%	810	97	1,052
Caroline County	D	+51.5%	590	144	866
Carroll County	R	−5.5%	765	874	1,988
Charles City County	D	+46.4%	121	37	181
Charlotte County	D	+47.3%	609	175	918
Charlottesville city	D	+79.5%	454	39	522
Chesapeake city	D	+38.2%	1,089	422	1,744
Chesterfield County	D	+75.6%	702	61	848
Clarke County	D	+85.2%	576	39	630
Craig County	D	+49.6%	337	62	554
Culpeper County	D	+70.4%	752	108	915
Cumberland County	D	+87.1%	362	10	404
Danville city	D	+77.2%	1,066	93	1,260
Dickenson County	D	+12.0%	529	398	1,089
Dinwiddie County	D	+69.7%	512	58	651
Essex County	D	+57.1%	278	72	361
Fairfax County	D	+60.2%	992	187	1,338
Fauquier County	D	+68.8%	1,187	182	1,461
Floyd County	O	+13.7%	409	222	1,361
Fluvanna County	D	+67.8%	409	53	525
Franklin County	D	+36.4%	1,238	415	2,262
Frederick County	D	+60.0%	922	181	1,235
Fredericksburg city	D	+64.1%	414	51	566
Giles County	D	+36.8%	725	267	1,246
Gloucester County	D	+68.1%	510	74	640
Goochland County	D	+39.7%	322	114	524
Grayson County	D	+0.5%	842	832	1,966
Greene County	D	+20.3%	238	141	479
Greensville County	D	+65.6%	294	31	401
Halifax County	D	+45.4%	1,260	426	1,836
Hampton city	D	+75.1%	700	56	858
Hanover County	D	+74.4%	609	87	702
Henrico County	D	+73.1%	952	93	1,175
Henry County	D	+37.7%	707	216	1,303
Highland County	D	+14.6%	313	221	632
Isle of Wight County	D	+71.6%	708	75	884
James City County	D	+75.6%	128	10	156
King and Queen County	D	+49.2%	246	68	362
King George County	D	+51.1%	256	48	407
King William County	D	+53.8%	305	69	439
Lancaster County	D	+68.0%	479	82	584
Lee County	D	+14.0%	1,023	699	2,318
Loudoun County	D	+63.9%	1,386	256	1,768
Louisa County	D	+59.4%	578	91	820
Lunenburg County	D	+70.4%	508	66	628
Lynchburg city	D	+74.8%	1,487	111	1,840
Madison County	D	+28.4%	402	210	677
Mathews County	D	+79.4%	523	45	602
Mecklenburg County	D	+63.9%	1,039	191	1,327
Middlesex County	D	+46.9%	374	128	524
Montgomery County	D	+21.0%	684	349	1,596
Nelson County	D	+55.9%	706	163	971
New Kent County	D	+54.9%	160	30	237
Newport News city	D	+62.9%	1,061	117	1,501
Norfolk city	D	+79.1%	3,539	195	4,228
Northampton County	D	+72.6%	726	83	886
Northumberland County	D	+59.0%	470	102	624
Nottoway County	D	+73.1%	683	72	836
Orange County	D	+69.5%	619	87	765
Page County	D	+29.8%	703	340	1,217
Patrick County	D	+17.7%	698	434	1,490
Petersburg city	D	+84.2%	1,122	75	1,244
Pittsylvania County	D	+42.5%	1,558	527	2,426
Portsmouth city	D	+75.7%	1,529	64	1,935
Powhatan County	D	+30.0%	230	109	404
Prince Edward County	D	+72.8%	584	72	703
Prince George County	D	+54.9%	204	42	295
Prince William County	D	+73.2%	814	82	1,000
Pulaski County	D	+39.6%	781	196	1,477
Radford city	D	+45.4%	185	36	328
Rappahannock County	D	+55.3%	356	94	474
Richmond city	D	+78.9%	5,632	405	6,623
Richmond County	D	+47.2%	342	110	492
Roanoke city	D	+60.0%	1,913	268	2,743
Roanoke County	D	+57.7%	696	108	1,019
Rockbridge County	D	+32.0%	949	433	1,615
Rockingham County	D	+25.8%	1,761	937	3,191
Russell County	D	+28.2%	1,298	588	2,519
Scott County	D	+25.5%	1,311	557	2,962
Shenandoah County	D	+24.6%	1,336	706	2,557
Smyth County	D	+18.6%	1,022	609	2,218
Southampton County	D	+75.6%	861	95	1,013
Spotsylvania County	D	+53.8%	390	58	617
Stafford County	D	+30.6%	347	141	673
Staunton city	D	+57.6%	632	65	984
Suffolk city	D	+69.2%	1,024	124	1,300
Surry County	D	+65.2%	360	57	465
Sussex County	D	+67.0%	435	59	561
Tazewell County	D	+16.0%	979	586	2,462
Virginia Beach city	D	+72.8%	422	40	525
Warren County	D	+60.7%	571	122	740
Washington County	D	+34.1%	1,721	590	3,315
Westmoreland County	D	+59.8%	341	69	455
Williamsburg city	D	+73.4%	113	11	139
Winchester city	D	+45.2%	447	141	677
Wise County	D	+15.6%	1,279	851	2,738
Wythe County	D	+19.9%	1,110	633	2,399
York County	D	+63.9%	211	34	277