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Obama's event with McAuliffe next week will follow assists from first lady Jill Biden and Stacey Abrams. Obama to campaign for McAuliffe in tight race for Virginia governor Skip to main content
CNN and Fox News called Virginia for Obama shortly before 11:00 pm, leaving him only 50 electoral votes shy of victory with only six West Coast states (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and Hawaii) still voting. All American networks called the election in favor of Obama at 11:00 pm as the polls closed on the West Coast.
Despite polls predicting a close race, Obama's comfortable margin in Virginia solidified the state's shift to the Democrats. [32] In 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton would win the state by 5.32% against Donald Trump, one of the few states where she improved on Obama's margins despite losing the election nationwide. [33]
Before the election, most news organizations considered Virginia a likely win for Harris. On election day, Harris won Virginia with 51.82% of the vote, carrying the state by a margin of 5.76%, similar to the 2016 results. This was the first presidential election in which both major party candidates received more than 2 million votes in Virginia.
Maps and electoral vote counts for the 2012 presidential election. Our latest estimate has Obama at 290 electoral votes and Romney at 191.
See live updates of Virginia election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
Obama told Americans to "let the process run its course," saying "it takes time to count every ballot." "It took several days to count every ballot in 2020, and it’s very likely we won’t know ...
The 2008 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 2008, which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Virginia was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 6.3% margin of victory.