# 1960 United States presidential election in Virginia

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The 1960 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 8, 1960. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The Republican ticket of then-Vice President Richard Nixon of California and running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. comfortably carried Virginia over the Democratic ticket of U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Lyndon B. Johnson, even while Kennedy narrowly prevailed nationally. In the process, Kennedy became the first Democrat to ever win the presidency without carrying the state.
For six decades Virginia had almost completely disenfranchised its black and poor white populations through the use of a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests. So restricted was suffrage in this period that it has been calculated that a third of Virginia’s electorate during the first half of the twentieth century comprised state employees and officeholders.
This limited electorate allowed Virginian politics to be controlled for four decades by the Byrd Organization, as progressive “antiorganization” factions were rendered impotent by the inability of almost all their potential electorate to vote. Historical fusion with the “Readjuster” Democrats, defection of substantial proportions of the Northeast-aligned white electorate of the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia over free silver, and an early move towards a “lily white” Jim Crow party meant Republicans retained a small but permanent number of legislative seats and local offices in the western part of the state.
In 1928, the GOP did carry the state’s presidential electoral votes due to anti-Catholicism against Al Smith in the Chesapeake Bay region and increased middle-class Republicanism in the cities, but it was 1952 before any real changes occurred, as in-migration from the traditionally Republican Northeast meant that growing Washington, D.C., and Richmond suburbs would turn Republican not just in presidential elections but also in Congressional ones, although the Republicans would not make significant gains in the state legislature. Opposition to the black civil rights legislation of Harry S. Truman meant that the Byrd Organization did not support Adlai Stevenson II, with the result that Dwight D. Eisenhower carried the state aided by defections of the Southside Thurmond vote from 1948. In 1956, Eisenhower repeated his win despite losing his Southside support due to the President’s opposition to Byrd’s “Massive Resistance” policy following Brown v. Board of Education, as continuing Northern in-migration and a rapid swing to him of the modest but growing number of black voters allowed him to maintain his margin.
In the following years, continuing “Massive Resistance” weakened the GOP in Virginia, as they could not develop a consistent or coherent response: Ted Dalton, who had received 45 percent of the vote in 1953 running against the Byrd Organization, won only 36 percent as his policy of “token integration” was drowned out by the state Democrats.
Although Byrd again refused to endorse Democratic nominee, Senator John F. Kennedy, his former ally before the end of “Massive Resistance”, Governor J. Lindsay Almond, strongly endorsed the Massachusetts Senator against the Republican nominee, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon.

## Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | Tilt R | October 3, 1960 |
| Knoxville News Sentinel | Likely R | October 23, 1960 |
| Daily News | Likely R | October 28, 1960 |
| The Daily Item | Likely R | November 4, 1960 |
| Hattiesburg American | Likely R | November 7, 1960 |

## Results

1960 United States presidential election in Virginia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | Richard Nixon | 404,521 | 52.44% | 12 |
| | Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 362,327 | 46.97% | 0 |
| | Virginia Conservative | C. Benton Coiner | 4,204 | 0.54% | 0 |
| | Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 397 | 0.05% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 771,449 | 100.00% | 12 |

### Results by county or independent city

| County/City | Richard Nixon Republican | Richard Nixon Republican | John F. Kennedy Democratic | John F. Kennedy Democratic | C. Benton Coiner Virginia Conservative | C. Benton Coiner Virginia Conservative | Eric Hass Socialist Labor | Eric Hass Socialist Labor | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County/City | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Accomack | 2,676 | 47.95% | 2,884 | 51.68% | 20 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.02% | -208 | -3.73% | 5,581 |
| Albemarle | 3,135 | 59.47% | 2,102 | 39.87% | 34 | 0.64% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,033 | 19.60% | 5,272 |
| Alexandria | 8,826 | 47.58% | 9,662 | 52.08% | 63 | 0.34% | 57 | 0.31% | 836 | 4.50% | 18,608 |
| Alleghany | 1,214 | 48.79% | 1,265 | 50.84% | 8 | 0.32% | 1 | 0.04% | -51 | -2.05% | 2,488 |
| Amelia | 784 | 51.44% | 708 | 46.46% | 31 | 2.03% | 1 | 0.07% | 76 | 4.98% | 1,524 |
| Amherst | 1,455 | 38.83% | 2,280 | 60.85% | 10 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.05% | -825 | -22.02% | 3,747 |
| Appomattox | 951 | 43.07% | 1,240 | 56.16% | 14 | 0.63% | 3 | 0.14% | -289 | -13.09% | 2,208 |
| Arlington | 23,632 | 51.40% | 22,095 | 48.06% | 225 | 0.49% | 25 | 0.05% | 1,537 | 3.34% | 45,977 |
| Augusta | 4,034 | 67.36% | 1,914 | 31.96% | 40 | 0.67% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,120 | 35.40% | 5,989 |
| Bath | 646 | 50.59% | 629 | 49.26% | 1 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.08% | 17 | 1.33% | 1,277 |
| Bedford | 2,911 | 47.87% | 3,150 | 51.80% | 17 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.05% | -239 | -3.93% | 6,081 |
| Bland | 848 | 50.75% | 822 | 49.19% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 1.56% | 1,671 |
| Botetourt | 2,159 | 56.79% | 1,621 | 42.64% | 22 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 538 | 14.15% | 3,802 |
| Bristol | 1,728 | 52.38% | 1,561 | 47.32% | 9 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.03% | 167 | 5.06% | 3,299 |
| Brunswick | 926 | 31.58% | 1,942 | 66.23% | 63 | 2.15% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,016 | -34.65% | 2,932 |
| Buchanan | 2,370 | 38.86% | 3,706 | 60.76% | 18 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.08% | -1,336 | -21.90% | 6,099 |
| Buckingham | 765 | 44.37% | 947 | 54.93% | 11 | 0.64% | 1 | 0.06% | -182 | -10.56% | 1,724 |
| Buena Vista | 487 | 53.05% | 427 | 46.51% | 4 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 60 | 6.54% | 918 |
| Campbell | 2,903 | 48.63% | 3,030 | 50.75% | 37 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -127 | -2.12% | 5,970 |
| Caroline | 864 | 36.50% | 1,483 | 62.65% | 19 | 0.80% | 1 | 0.04% | -619 | -26.15% | 2,367 |
| Carroll | 3,705 | 66.29% | 1,873 | 33.51% | 9 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,832 | 32.78% | 5,589 |
| Charles City | 337 | 34.96% | 623 | 64.63% | 3 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.10% | -286 | -29.67% | 964 |
| Charlotte | 867 | 32.90% | 1,735 | 65.84% | 26 | 0.99% | 7 | 0.27% | -868 | -32.94% | 2,635 |
| Charlottesville | 3,651 | 55.08% | 2,894 | 43.66% | 72 | 1.09% | 11 | 0.17% | 757 | 11.42% | 6,628 |
| Chesterfield | 9,787 | 61.71% | 5,982 | 37.72% | 87 | 0.55% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,805 | 23.99% | 15,859 |
| Clarke | 804 | 46.31% | 923 | 53.17% | 9 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -119 | -6.86% | 1,736 |
| Clifton Forge | 885 | 53.22% | 771 | 46.36% | 4 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.18% | 114 | 6.86% | 1,663 |
| Colonial Heights | 1,372 | 53.16% | 1,198 | 46.42% | 10 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.04% | 174 | 6.74% | 2,581 |
| Covington | 1,436 | 47.85% | 1,558 | 51.92% | 6 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.03% | -122 | -4.07% | 3,001 |
| Craig | 433 | 44.78% | 534 | 55.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -101 | -10.44% | 967 |
| Culpeper | 1,630 | 54.86% | 1,332 | 44.83% | 8 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.03% | 298 | 10.03% | 2,971 |
| Cumberland | 691 | 54.75% | 559 | 44.29% | 12 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 132 | 10.46% | 1,262 |
| Danville | 4,966 | 63.72% | 2,611 | 33.50% | 188 | 2.41% | 29 | 0.37% | 2,355 | 30.22% | 7,794 |
| Dickenson | 2,203 | 44.42% | 2,756 | 55.56% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -553 | -11.14% | 4,960 |
| Dinwiddie | 935 | 34.81% | 1,714 | 63.81% | 36 | 1.34% | 1 | 0.04% | -779 | -29.00% | 2,686 |
| Essex | 606 | 54.25% | 509 | 45.57% | 1 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.09% | 97 | 8.68% | 1,117 |
| Fairfax | 28,006 | 51.65% | 26,064 | 48.07% | 124 | 0.23% | 25 | 0.05% | 1,942 | 3.58% | 54,219 |
| Falls Church | 1,525 | 48.18% | 1,629 | 51.47% | 7 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.13% | -104 | -3.29% | 3,165 |
| Fauquier | 2,123 | 51.86% | 1,958 | 47.83% | 13 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 165 | 4.03% | 4,094 |
| Floyd | 1,933 | 70.06% | 817 | 29.61% | 4 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,116 | 40.45% | 2,759 |
| Fluvanna | 763 | 54.89% | 614 | 44.17% | 13 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 149 | 10.72% | 1,390 |
| Franklin | 2,080 | 41.47% | 2,924 | 58.29% | 9 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.06% | -844 | -16.82% | 5,016 |
| Frederick | 2,061 | 53.74% | 1,757 | 45.81% | 14 | 0.37% | 3 | 0.08% | 304 | 7.93% | 3,835 |
| Fredericksburg | 1,566 | 53.72% | 1,326 | 45.49% | 22 | 0.75% | 1 | 0.03% | 240 | 8.23% | 2,915 |
| Galax | 867 | 62.96% | 508 | 36.89% | 1 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.07% | 359 | 26.07% | 1,377 |
| Giles | 2,030 | 46.91% | 2,214 | 51.17% | 78 | 1.80% | 5 | 0.12% | -184 | -4.26% | 4,327 |
| Gloucester | 1,310 | 50.00% | 1,297 | 49.50% | 10 | 0.38% | 3 | 0.11% | 13 | 0.50% | 2,620 |
| Goochland | 851 | 48.66% | 862 | 49.29% | 33 | 1.89% | 3 | 0.17% | -11 | -0.63% | 1,749 |
| Grayson | 3,893 | 58.65% | 2,738 | 41.25% | 4 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,155 | 17.40% | 6,638 |
| Greene | 573 | 64.24% | 314 | 35.20% | 5 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 259 | 29.04% | 892 |
| Greensville | 1,057 | 38.21% | 1,676 | 60.59% | 31 | 1.12% | 2 | 0.07% | -619 | -22.38% | 2,766 |
| Halifax | 1,784 | 39.57% | 2,676 | 59.36% | 44 | 0.98% | 4 | 0.09% | -892 | -19.79% | 4,508 |
| Hampton | 7,623 | 51.48% | 7,133 | 48.17% | 43 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.06% | 490 | 3.31% | 14,808 |
| Hanover | 3,020 | 59.39% | 2,023 | 39.78% | 39 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.06% | 997 | 19.61% | 5,085 |
| Harrisonburg | 2,172 | 72.04% | 836 | 27.73% | 7 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,336 | 44.31% | 3,015 |
| Henrico | 19,446 | 66.52% | 9,626 | 32.93% | 152 | 0.52% | 11 | 0.04% | 9,820 | 33.59% | 29,235 |
| Henry | 2,323 | 41.17% | 3,306 | 58.59% | 12 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.04% | -983 | -17.42% | 5,643 |
| Highland | 527 | 56.55% | 401 | 43.03% | 3 | 0.32% | 1 | 0.11% | 126 | 13.52% | 932 |
| Hopewell | 2,169 | 54.24% | 1,805 | 45.14% | 21 | 0.53% | 4 | 0.10% | 364 | 9.10% | 3,999 |
| Isle of Wight | 1,141 | 35.91% | 2,020 | 63.58% | 13 | 0.41% | 3 | 0.09% | -879 | -27.67% | 3,177 |
| James City | 873 | 50.49% | 845 | 48.87% | 9 | 0.52% | 2 | 0.12% | 28 | 1.62% | 1,729 |
| King and Queen | 432 | 43.95% | 536 | 54.53% | 14 | 1.42% | 1 | 0.10% | -104 | -10.58% | 983 |
| King George | 685 | 48.58% | 717 | 50.85% | 8 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -32 | -2.27% | 1,410 |
| King William | 793 | 51.19% | 745 | 48.10% | 10 | 0.65% | 1 | 0.06% | 48 | 3.09% | 1,549 |
| Lancaster | 1,340 | 59.56% | 895 | 39.78% | 14 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.04% | 445 | 19.78% | 2,250 |
| Lee | 3,363 | 46.29% | 3,867 | 53.23% | 24 | 0.33% | 11 | 0.15% | -504 | -6.94% | 7,265 |
| Loudoun | 2,526 | 50.99% | 2,399 | 48.43% | 28 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.02% | 127 | 2.56% | 4,954 |
| Louisa | 1,170 | 47.60% | 1,244 | 50.61% | 39 | 1.59% | 5 | 0.20% | -74 | -3.01% | 2,458 |
| Lunenburg | 838 | 35.22% | 1,451 | 60.99% | 90 | 3.78% | 0 | 0.00% | -613 | -25.77% | 2,379 |
| Lynchburg | 7,271 | 59.33% | 4,961 | 40.48% | 23 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,310 | 18.85% | 12,256 |
| Madison | 998 | 60.38% | 636 | 38.48% | 19 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 362 | 21.90% | 1,653 |
| Martinsville | 1,729 | 49.16% | 1,699 | 48.31% | 84 | 2.39% | 5 | 0.14% | 30 | 0.85% | 3,517 |
| Mathews | 1,069 | 60.95% | 682 | 38.88% | 3 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 387 | 22.07% | 1,754 |
| Mecklenburg | 1,936 | 42.70% | 2,533 | 55.87% | 64 | 1.41% | 1 | 0.02% | -597 | -13.17% | 4,534 |
| Middlesex | 823 | 58.70% | 574 | 40.94% | 5 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 249 | 17.76% | 1,402 |
| Montgomery | 4,270 | 66.25% | 2,157 | 33.47% | 17 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,113 | 32.78% | 6,445 |
| Nansemond | 1,346 | 25.29% | 3,944 | 74.09% | 24 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.17% | -2,598 | -48.80% | 5,323 |
| Nelson | 775 | 34.17% | 1,480 | 65.26% | 13 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -705 | -31.09% | 2,268 |
| New Kent | 526 | 51.67% | 481 | 47.25% | 10 | 0.98% | 1 | 0.10% | 45 | 4.42% | 1,018 |
| Newport News | 10,098 | 53.56% | 8,678 | 46.02% | 75 | 0.40% | 4 | 0.02% | 1,420 | 7.54% | 18,855 |
| Norfolk | 3,769 | 42.18% | 5,101 | 57.08% | 65 | 0.73% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,332 | -14.90% | 8,936 |
| Norfolk City | 17,174 | 43.51% | 22,037 | 55.83% | 248 | 0.63% | 14 | 0.04% | -4,863 | -12.32% | 39,473 |
| Northampton | 995 | 41.60% | 1,387 | 57.98% | 9 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.04% | -392 | -16.38% | 2,392 |
| Northumberland | 1,340 | 60.61% | 858 | 38.81% | 11 | 0.50% | 2 | 0.09% | 482 | 21.80% | 2,211 |
| Norton | 549 | 51.02% | 526 | 48.88% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 2.14% | 1,076 |
| Nottoway | 1,319 | 40.14% | 1,882 | 57.27% | 84 | 2.56% | 1 | 0.03% | -563 | -17.13% | 3,286 |
| Orange | 1,413 | 54.28% | 1,108 | 42.57% | 78 | 3.00% | 4 | 0.15% | 305 | 11.71% | 2,603 |
| Page | 2,708 | 62.53% | 1,608 | 37.13% | 10 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,100 | 25.40% | 4,331 |
| Patrick | 1,362 | 44.98% | 1,655 | 54.66% | 9 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.07% | -293 | -9.68% | 3,028 |
| Petersburg | 2,820 | 48.60% | 2,950 | 50.84% | 32 | 0.55% | 1 | 0.02% | -130 | -2.24% | 5,803 |
| Pittsylvania | 3,788 | 47.62% | 4,089 | 51.41% | 67 | 0.84% | 10 | 0.13% | -301 | -3.79% | 7,954 |
| Portsmouth | 6,900 | 40.64% | 9,902 | 58.32% | 165 | 0.97% | 13 | 0.08% | -3,002 | -17.68% | 16,980 |
| Powhatan | 779 | 58.66% | 528 | 39.76% | 19 | 1.43% | 2 | 0.15% | 251 | 18.90% | 1,328 |
| Prince Edward | 1,721 | 53.55% | 1,459 | 45.40% | 31 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.09% | 262 | 8.15% | 3,214 |
| Prince George | 727 | 42.14% | 983 | 56.99% | 13 | 0.75% | 2 | 0.12% | -256 | -14.85% | 1,725 |
| Princess Anne | 4,844 | 44.67% | 5,954 | 54.91% | 23 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.09% | -1,110 | -10.24% | 10,843 |
| Prince William | 2,624 | 46.53% | 2,987 | 52.97% | 39 | 0.36% | 6 | 0.06% | -363 | -6.44% | 5,639 |
| Pulaski | 3,059 | 58.75% | 2,104 | 40.41% | 44 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 955 | 18.34% | 5,207 |
| Radford | 1,663 | 57.11% | 1,240 | 42.58% | 9 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 423 | 14.53% | 2,912 |
| Rappahannock | 426 | 43.69% | 544 | 55.79% | 3 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.21% | -118 | -12.10% | 975 |
| Richmond | 801 | 64.96% | 425 | 34.47% | 6 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.08% | 376 | 30.49% | 1,233 |
| Richmond City | 27,307 | 60.41% | 17,642 | 39.03% | 245 | 0.54% | 11 | 0.02% | 9,665 | 21.38% | 45,205 |
| Roanoke | 9,109 | 67.31% | 4,384 | 32.40% | 36 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.02% | 4,725 | 34.91% | 13,532 |
| Roanoke City | 15,229 | 62.28% | 9,175 | 37.52% | 36 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.02% | 6,054 | 24.76% | 24,453 |
| Rockbridge | 2,170 | 60.53% | 1,405 | 39.19% | 10 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 765 | 21.34% | 3,585 |
| Rockingham | 4,829 | 70.27% | 2,026 | 29.48% | 16 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,803 | 40.79% | 6,872 |
| Russell | 3,044 | 46.44% | 3,496 | 53.34% | 12 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.03% | -452 | -6.90% | 6,554 |
| Scott | 4,936 | 56.45% | 3,789 | 43.33% | 15 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,147 | 13.12% | 8,744 |
| Shenandoah | 4,144 | 66.85% | 2,053 | 33.12% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,091 | 33.73% | 6,199 |
| Smyth | 4,256 | 59.62% | 2,864 | 40.12% | 16 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,392 | 19.50% | 7,138 |
| South Boston | 807 | 62.70% | 477 | 37.06% | 2 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.08% | 330 | 25.64% | 1,287 |
| South Norfolk | 1,341 | 38.09% | 2,155 | 61.20% | 24 | 0.68% | 1 | 0.03% | -814 | -23.11% | 3,521 |
| Southampton | 1,263 | 30.62% | 2,804 | 67.98% | 57 | 1.38% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,541 | -37.36% | 4,125 |
| Spotsylvania | 1,288 | 46.02% | 1,482 | 52.95% | 23 | 0.82% | 6 | 0.21% | -194 | -6.93% | 2,799 |
| Stafford | 1,447 | 48.80% | 1,494 | 50.39% | 22 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.07% | -47 | -1.59% | 2,965 |
| Staunton | 2,789 | 69.17% | 1,233 | 30.58% | 9 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,556 | 38.59% | 4,032 |
| Suffolk | 1,406 | 49.61% | 1,419 | 50.07% | 9 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -13 | -0.46% | 2,834 |
| Surry | 397 | 27.51% | 1,003 | 69.51% | 40 | 2.77% | 3 | 0.21% | -606 | -42.00% | 1,443 |
| Sussex | 713 | 35.78% | 1,253 | 62.87% | 25 | 1.25% | 2 | 0.10% | -540 | -27.09% | 1,993 |
| Tazewell | 3,139 | 41.44% | 4,416 | 58.30% | 19 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,277 | -16.86% | 7,574 |
| Virginia Beach | 986 | 42.48% | 1,301 | 56.05% | 33 | 1.42% | 1 | 0.04% | -315 | -13.57% | 2,321 |
| Warren | 1,842 | 49.52% | 1,850 | 49.73% | 25 | 0.67% | 3 | 0.08% | -8 | -0.21% | 3,720 |
| Washington | 4,473 | 53.59% | 3,833 | 45.92% | 33 | 0.40% | 8 | 0.10% | 640 | 7.67% | 8,347 |
| Waynesboro | 2,444 | 69.57% | 1,047 | 29.80% | 22 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,397 | 39.77% | 3,513 |
| Westmoreland | 1,176 | 53.00% | 1,034 | 46.60% | 8 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.05% | 142 | 6.40% | 2,219 |
| Williamsburg | 721 | 59.10% | 486 | 39.84% | 12 | 0.98% | 1 | 0.08% | 235 | 19.26% | 1,220 |
| Winchester | 2,326 | 65.61% | 1,203 | 33.94% | 16 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,123 | 31.67% | 3,545 |
| Wise | 3,876 | 39.89% | 5,822 | 59.92% | 17 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,946 | -20.03% | 9,716 |
| Wythe | 2,871 | 57.50% | 2,075 | 41.56% | 39 | 0.78% | 8 | 0.16% | 796 | 15.94% | 4,993 |
| York | 2,085 | 54.94% | 1,691 | 44.56% | 19 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 394 | 10.38% | 3,795 |
| Totals | 404,521 | 52.44% | 362,327 | 46.97% | 4,204 | 0.54% | 397 | 0.05% | 42,194 | 5.47% | 771,449 |

#### Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Accomack
* Alexandria
* Alleghany
* Bedford
* Caroline
* Buckingham
* Charles City
* Campbell
* Clarke
* Covington
* Falls Church
* Giles
* Goochland
* King and Queen
* King George
* Lee
* Louisa
* Northampton
* Norfolk
* Petersburg
* Prince George
* Princess Anne
* Prince William
* Spotsylvania
* Stafford
* Suffolk
* Tazewell
* Virginia Beach
* Warren

#### Counties and independent cities that flipped from Unpledged to Republican

* Prince Edward

## Analysis

Unlike such states as Oklahoma, Tennessee or Kentucky, Nixon’s victory in Virginia despite losing nationally did not reflect anti-Catholicism: only two counties or independent cities gave Nixon a better percentage than Eisenhower had won in 1956. Nixon’s win reflected his continuing dominance of the Byrd Organization stronghold in the Shenandoah Valley, and maintaining Republican control of newly developing suburbs. Kennedy’s general gain was greatest amongst the small but slowly growing black electorate, where he reversed Eisenhower’s large gains at the preceding election.
As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Appomattox County, Campbell County, Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County and Pittsylvania County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.
Virginia, as the polls hinted, voted for Nixon over Kennedy by a clear though not overwhelming 5.47 percentage point margin, still a double-digit decline from Eisenhower’s two victories in the state. This was the first time a Democrat was elected president without carrying the state of Virginia, and the only time between 1924 and 1976 that Virginia backed the losing candidate.