John W. Davis carried Virginia D+29.7.

John W. Davis (D) vs Calvin Coolidge (R) in Virginia, 1924. Virginia held 12 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 54.8 points more Democratic than the nation (R+25.1 nationally).

Nominees: John W. Davis (D) · Calvin Coolidge (R) · Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)

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Virginia result

223,602 votes counted

Electoral votes

12

Davis (D)

139,714

62.5%

Coolidge (R)

73,312

32.8%

Follette + others

10,576

4.7%

Margin

D+29.7

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1924 presidential election

Virginia, 1924

DavisD+29.7

How it voted

Share of the 1924 vote

John W. Davis ✓Democratic	62.5%	139,714
Calvin CoolidgeRepublican	32.8%	73,312
Robert La FolletteProgressive	4.7%	10,576

D+60

R+60

118 counties, each filled by 1924 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1924 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 — 1924

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	D	+73.3%	2,087	307	2,429
Albemarle County	D	+56.4%	1,383	366	1,802
Alexandria city	D	+29.6%	1,136	556	1,960
Alleghany County	R	−1.7%	1,036	1,081	2,600
Amelia County	D	+40.6%	372	153	540
Amherst County	D	+72.6%	1,092	129	1,327
Appomattox County	D	+79.3%	952	101	1,073
Arlington County	R	−3.4%	1,209	1,307	2,921
Augusta County	D	+20.1%	1,920	1,265	3,265
Bath County	R	−0.4%	404	407	835
Bedford County	D	+60.6%	1,811	432	2,274
Bland County	R	−0.4%	604	609	1,219
Botetourt County	D	+5.9%	1,427	1,264	2,754
Bristol city	D	+39.6%	1,036	440	1,506
Brunswick County	D	+83.7%	887	65	982
Buchanan County	R	−10.7%	870	1,080	1,966
Buckingham County	D	+48.2%	623	213	851
Buena Vista city	D	+21.9%	235	149	392
Campbell County	D	+55.3%	1,468	372	1,983
Caroline County	D	+57.0%	840	223	1,083
Carroll County	R	−16.1%	1,257	1,743	3,016
Charles City County	D	+25.4%	141	82	232
Charlotte County	D	+68.5%	1,006	154	1,244
Charlottesville city	D	+52.8%	831	218	1,160
Chesapeake city	D	+47.5%	1,281	423	1,808
Chesterfield County	D	+51.7%	967	282	1,324
Clarke County	D	+78.4%	687	76	779
Craig County	D	+25.5%	512	300	833
Culpeper County	D	+61.9%	876	190	1,108
Cumberland County	D	+69.2%	398	61	487
Danville city	D	+49.3%	1,577	473	2,241
Dickenson County	D	+10.6%	1,618	1,294	3,047
Dinwiddie County	D	+67.8%	685	122	830
Essex County	D	+66.4%	315	60	384
Fairfax County	D	+32.2%	1,586	765	2,550
Fauquier County	D	+54.4%	1,277	345	1,713
Floyd County	R	−31.0%	515	984	1,513
Fluvanna County	D	+51.2%	452	136	617
Franklin County	D	+27.6%	1,902	1,077	2,993
Frederick County	D	+45.4%	1,314	484	1,827
Fredericksburg city	D	+41.4%	558	223	809
Giles County	D	+20.9%	1,319	852	2,230
Gloucester County	D	+69.5%	616	109	730
Goochland County	D	+38.5%	394	164	598
Grayson County	D	+5.5%	1,611	1,442	3,076
Greene County	D	+8.4%	285	240	535
Greensville County	D	+49.7%	417	132	573
Halifax County	D	+70.2%	2,245	374	2,665
Hampton city	D	+42.2%	1,167	441	1,719
Hanover County	D	+66.0%	732	135	905
Harrisonburg city	R	−0.6%	624	631	1,270
Henrico County	D	+39.6%	1,052	416	1,605
Henry County	D	+31.3%	1,097	565	1,697
Highland County	D	+5.6%	508	454	972
Hopewell city	D	+14.5%	277	206	491
Isle of Wight County	D	+53.3%	631	190	827
James City County	D	+49.6%	173	54	240
King and Queen County	D	+39.8%	314	134	452
King George County	D	+14.7%	280	206	503
King William County	D	+42.0%	372	148	533
Lancaster County	D	+71.0%	564	90	668
Lee County	R	−1.6%	2,376	2,456	4,946
Loudoun County	D	+80.8%	1,794	152	2,031
Louisa County	D	+40.6%	707	282	1,046
Lunenburg County	D	+53.7%	686	130	1,036
Lynchburg city	D	+52.5%	2,086	606	2,820
Madison County	D	+24.9%	589	347	971
Mathews County	D	+54.7%	678	195	883
Mecklenburg County	D	+69.7%	1,649	286	1,956
Middlesex County	D	+68.8%	438	78	523
Montgomery County	D	+8.2%	1,142	964	2,169
Nelson County	D	+48.4%	1,042	350	1,431
New Kent County	D	+33.0%	178	86	279
Newport News city	D	+27.3%	1,822	975	3,106
Norfolk city	D	+33.0%	5,061	2,447	7,924
Northampton County	D	+65.7%	941	180	1,159
Northumberland County	D	+63.0%	589	130	729
Nottoway County	D	+56.8%	840	181	1,161
Orange County	D	+61.1%	834	181	1,068
Page County	D	+6.3%	1,015	885	2,057
Patrick County	D	+18.4%	1,138	783	1,932
Petersburg city	D	+69.2%	1,331	228	1,595
Pittsylvania County	D	+47.3%	2,563	880	3,556
Portsmouth city	D	+46.9%	2,206	604	3,413
Powhatan County	D	+37.2%	247	110	368
Prince Edward County	D	+66.5%	714	140	863
Prince George County	D	+49.6%	279	90	381
Prince William County	D	+49.4%	847	269	1,170
Pulaski County	D	+10.5%	1,767	1,422	3,282
Radford city	D	+9.9%	394	314	807
Rappahannock County	D	+60.6%	395	89	505
Richmond city	D	+54.4%	9,904	2,600	13,421
Richmond County	D	+45.6%	340	125	471
Roanoke city	D	+33.9%	3,930	1,747	6,435
Roanoke County	D	+20.3%	1,078	695	1,890
Rockbridge County	D	+33.5%	1,394	680	2,132
Rockingham County	D	+1.4%	2,040	1,982	4,132
Russell County	D	+15.8%	2,554	1,848	4,478
Scott County	R	−10.0%	2,177	2,666	4,912
Shenandoah County	R	−0.6%	2,186	2,214	4,537
Smyth County	R	−7.8%	1,907	2,232	4,172
Southampton County	D	+65.2%	1,119	203	1,404
Spotsylvania County	D	+26.2%	448	255	736
Stafford County	D	+1.8%	450	433	929
Staunton city	D	+29.4%	1,022	549	1,609
Suffolk city	D	+57.9%	1,096	278	1,412
Surry County	D	+62.9%	388	72	502
Sussex County	D	+63.6%	607	132	747
Tazewell County	R	−1.2%	2,568	2,631	5,477
Virginia Beach city	D	+64.5%	690	137	858
Warren County	D	+61.8%	699	150	888
Washington County	D	+3.9%	3,083	2,848	6,021
Westmoreland County	D	+49.9%	484	157	655
Williamsburg city	D	+72.4%	196	31	228
Winchester city	D	+31.8%	820	420	1,258
Wise County	D	+10.2%	4,157	3,322	8,224
Wythe County	R	−2.5%	1,899	1,996	3,946
York County	D	+58.2%	305	75	395