<P> The 2016 United States presidential election in Virginia was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated . Virginia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine . </P> <P> On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Virginia voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties' respective nominees for president . Virginia voters do not register by party . </P> <P> The Democratic Party candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York, carried Virginia with a 49.7% plurality in the popular vote against businessman Donald Trump of New York, who carried 44.4%, a victory margin of 5.3% . Clinton seemed to benefit from having Tim Kaine on the ticket . Whereas the national popular vote swung 1.9% Republican from the previous election, Virginia swung 1.37% Democratic . This was also the first time since 1944 where Virginia was more Democratic than the national average . </P> <P> Trump became the first Republican candidate since Calvin Coolidge in 1924 to win the White House without carrying Virginia . The Old Dominion had been a traditionally Democratic - leaning state from the party's founding until 1952 . Although Virginia was later considered a reliable Republican - leaning state from 1952 until 2008, it has not voted Republican in 13 years . This is due largely to migration into counties in Northern Virginia close to Washington, D.C., which has tilted those densely populated areas towards the Democratic Party once more . </P>

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