voting statistics
Summary of Virginia Registration & Turnout Statistics
November General Elections: 1976 - Present
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Year
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Total Registered
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Percentage Change
from Previous Year
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Total Voting
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Turnout (% Voting of Total
Registered)
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Voting Absentee (Included in Total
Voting)
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2007
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4,549,864
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- 0.1%
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1,374,526
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30.2%
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30,619
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2006
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4,554,683
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2.3%
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2,398,589
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52.7%
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116,629
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2005
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4,452,225
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- 1.5%
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2,000,052
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45.0%
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75,982
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2004
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4,517,980
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7.1%
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3,223,156
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71.4%
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222,059
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2003
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4,217,227
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- 0.1%
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1,296,955
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30.8%
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35,716
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2002
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4,219,957
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2.7%
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1,331,915
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39.4%
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44,493
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2001
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4,109,127
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0.9%
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1,905,511
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46.4%
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52,344
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2000
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4,073,644
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7.0%
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2,789,808
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68.5%
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150,414
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1999
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3,808,754
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2.3%
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1,373,527
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36.1%
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10,686
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1998
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3,724,683
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4.5%
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1,229,139
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33.0%
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31,494
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1997
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3,565,697
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7.3%
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1,764,476
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49.5%
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47,571
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1996*
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3,322,740
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9.4%
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2,468,229
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74.3%
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116,606
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1995
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3,038,394
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1.3%
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1,585,783
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52.2%
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45,785
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1994
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3,000,560
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0.9%
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2,078,106
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69.3%
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81,636
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1993
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2,975,121
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-2.6%**
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1,817,777
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61.1%
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53,904
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1992
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3,055,486
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9.4%
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2,582,966
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84.5%
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141,123
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1991
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2,791,747
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2.1%
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1,371,940
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49.1%
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***
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1990
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2,735,339
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-0.1%
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1,252,971
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45.8%
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25,785
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1989
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2,737,340
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-4.9%**
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1,821,242
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66.5%
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54,177
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1988
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2,877,144
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8.3%
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2,231,876
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77.6%
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108,237
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1987
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2,657,412
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1.8%
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1,571,110
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59.1%
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38,505
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1986
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2,609,698
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0.5%
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1,115,179
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42.7%
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22,589
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1985
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2,597,904
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-2.9%**
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1,377,966
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53.0%
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32,943
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1984
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2,675,641
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14.8%
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2,180,515
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81.5%
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113,686
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1983
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2,330,595
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4.3%
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1,178,707
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50.6%
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***
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1982
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2,234,011
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0.9%
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1,454,628
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65.1%
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32,340
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1981
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2,214,926
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-4.1%**
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1,437,382
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64.8%
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30,584
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1980
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2,309,181
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12.6%
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1,881,648
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81.4%
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84,811
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1979
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2,050,499
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1.2%
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1,059,158
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51.6%
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1978
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2,026,515
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0.2%
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1,251,471
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61.7%
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26,989
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1977
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2,022,619
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-4.8%**
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1,267,208
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62.7%
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29,970
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1976
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2,123,849
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1,716,182
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80.8%
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***
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Last
updated: 10-24-07
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SOURCE: COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA,
OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS,
COMPILED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
* The
National Voter Registration Act ("Motor Voter") was implemented
in Virginia
beginning in March 1996. This Act allowed voter registration forms
to be submitted through Department of Motor Vehicles offices and other
designated agencies, or to be submitted by mail. Prior to NVRA,
most applicants had to appear in person, before a registrar, in order to
register. (Uniformed and Overseas voters were exempt from the
in-person registration requirement.)
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Prior to implementation of the National Voter Registration Act
("Motor Voter") in March 1996, any Virginia voter who had not voted in
four years was removed from the voting rolls ("purged").
Significant purges after presidential elections (of voters who had registered
for the previous presidential election but did not vote in the next one)
were the norm. "Purges" of non-voters no longer
occur. Now, under federal and state laws, a voter who appears to
have moved from their residence of registration, but has not responded to
a request to confirm their residence, is maintained on the voter lists as
"inactive" through the next two federal elections.
"Inactive" voters are eligible to vote if they re-register, or
if they appear at the polls (or apply to vote absentee) and confirm that
they have not moved (or have moved, but within the same locality and
congressional district). If they do not reactivate their
registrations, they are removed from the rolls after two federal
elections have passed. The total number registered voters, in the chart above, includes active, inactive
and overseas voters. (You may see these voters broken out into
separate categories in other registration reports.)
***
Absentee turnout was not reported separately for this election.
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