 This pattern continued in 2004, although it would be broken four years later by the Democratic victory in 2008.

, the 2004 election is the last time that Virginia has voted Republican.Barack Obama would go on to win the state in both 2008 and 2012, and Hillary Clinton was victorious in the state against Donald Trump in 2016.This is also the last time that Virginia voted for the same candidate as neighboring West Virginia.