United States presidential election in Virginia, 2016

United States presidential election in Virginia, 2016
Virginia
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee TBA Donald Trump
(presumptive)
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York
Running mate TBA TBA

Incumbent President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2016 United States presidential election in Virginia will take place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participate. Virginia voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.

On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Virginia voters will express their preferences for the Democratic, and Republican, parties' respective nominees for President. Virginia voters do not register by party. Any voter may request a ballot only for one party.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

County results of the Virginia Democratic presidential primary, 2016.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
Virginia Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 503,356 64.29% 62 13 75
Bernie Sanders 275,509 35.19% 33 0 33
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 4,026 0.51%
Uncommitted N/A 0 1 1
Total 782,891 100% 95 14 109
Source: The Green Papers

Green Primary

The Virginia Green Party held its primary from March 20 through April 3. Party members were able to vote online through an email ballot or through the mail.[1] On April 13, it was announced that Jill Stein had won with 76% of the vote. The state's four delegates will be apportioned at the May 28 state meeting.[2]

Virginia Primary, April 3, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 35 76% 3
Kent Mesplay 3 6% 1
William Kreml 2 4.1% -
Darryl Cherney 2 3.8% -
Sedinam Curry 1 1.7% -
Write-ins 3 8.4% -
Total 46 100.00% 4

Republican primary

County results of the Virginia Republican presidential primary, 2016.
  Donald Trump
  Marco Rubio
Virginia Republican primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 356,840 34.80% 17 0 17
Marco Rubio 327,918 31.98% 16 0 16
Ted Cruz 171,150 16.69% 8 0 8
John Kasich 97,784 9.54% 5 0 5
Ben Carson 60,228 5.87% 3 0 3
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 3,645 0.36% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 2,917 0.28% 0 0 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 1,458 0.14% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 1,102 0.11% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 914 0.09% 0 0 0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) 653 0.06% 0 0 0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) 444 0.04% 0 0 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 399 0.04% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 1,025,452 100.00% 49 0 49
Source: The Green Papers

See also

Elections in Virginia

References

  1. ↑ "GPVA Presidential Preference Primary 2016". Green Party of Virginia. 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. ↑ "GREEN PARTY OF VIRGINIA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RESULTS". Green Party of Virginia. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

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