Before the election, most news organizations considered Virginia a likely win for Harris. On election day, Harris won Virginia with 51.83% of the vote, carrying the state by a margin of 5.8%, similar to the 2016 results. However, Trump made notable gains across much of the commonwealth, particularly in the Northern and Southside regions of Virginia.[1] He reclaimed Lynchburg City, flipped Prince Edward County, which hadn’t voted Republican in a presidential election since 2000, and also flipped Surry County, which last supported a Republican presidential candidate in 1972. Harris, by contrast, did not flip any counties or independent cities in Virginia. This is the first time since 1924 that the state voted for a Democrat that lost the popular vote.
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