Editing Prince William County, Virginia (section)

===National politics===
Democrats hold both of the U.S. Congressional seats that include parts of Prince William County. In 2006, Democratic U.S. Senator candidate [[Jim Webb]] carried the county with 50.51% of the vote.

In the [[2008 United States presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] carried Prince William with 57.51% of the vote, compared to Republican [[John McCain]] who received 41.62%. Obama's final rally the night before the election was held at the Prince William County Fairgrounds, just outside the city of Manassas.<ref name=rally>{{Cite news|last=Kiser|first=Uriah|date=November 1, 2008|url=http://www2.insidenova.com/isn/news/politics/article/obamas_coming_but_where/23756/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206150222/http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/politics/article/obamas_coming_but_where/23756/|archive-date=December 6, 2008|title=Thousands gathering for Obama's final rally|access-date=February 18, 2010|work=insidenova.com}}</ref> He was the first Democrat to carry the county since 1964.

Continuing demographic changes in the county, such as an increasingly diverse and urbanized population, were cited by ''The New York Times'' as contributing to Obama's success in the [[2012 United States presidential election]] and suggesting the future appeal of the Democratic Party in the United States. Between 2000 and 2010, county population had increased by 121,189 persons (43.2%).<ref name="demo">[http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/finance/Documents/Prince%20William%20Report%202014%202nd%20Q.pdf "Demographic and Economic Newsletter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083347/http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/finance/Documents/Prince%20William%20Report%202014%202nd%20Q.pdf |date=September 24, 2015 }}, ''Prince William Report,'' Second Quarter 2014, April–June 2014</ref> It had changed from a primarily white, rural county. Prince William by 2012 had an educated professional population with the seventh-highest income in the country; it is the first county in Virginia to be composed of a majority of minorities: [[Hispanic]], African American, and Asian. Obama and the Democrats attracted their votes.<ref name=NYT11812>{{cite news|title=Demographic Shift Brings New Worry for Republicans|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/us/politics/obamas-victory-presents-gop-with-demographic-test.html|access-date=November 8, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 7, 2012|author=Michael D. Shear}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' identified Prince William as one of five critical counties in Virginia for the election. Obama defeated Romney soundly by 16 percentage points with a margin of 57%–41%,<ref>{{citation |title=The White House – Obama's Path to Victory |pages=16–17 |magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date= November 19, 2012}}</ref> narrowly beating his 2008 margin.

The county continued its trend toward Democratic candidates in the [[2016 United States presidential election]], Prince William County voted 57.6% for Hillary Clinton to Trump's 36.5%. Clinton's victory represented the largest margin of victory for any presidential candidate in the county since 1988. In 2020, Prince William County voted for [[Joe Biden]] with 62.6% of the vote, the largest share of the vote for a Democratic candidate since 1944.

The county has been a focal point for [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|right-wing conspiracy theories]] about illegitimate votes during the 2020 presidential election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2023 |title=Prince William elections director denounces misinformation campaign by right-wing voting group |url=https://wtop.com/prince-william-county/2023/10/prince-william-elections-director-denounces-misinformation-campaign-by-right-wing-voting-group/ |access-date=January 13, 2024 |website=WTOP News |language=en}}</ref> Virginia conservatives cited the prosecution of Prince William County's former top election official, Michele White, for alleged vote count fraud in 2020 as evidence of election fraud concerns. However, the case was dropped,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Ben |date=January 11, 2024 |title=Judge approves dropping all charges against former Prince William registrar, canceling trial |url=https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/judge-approves-dropping-all-charges-against-former-prince-william-registrar-canceling-trial/article_0f751edc-b0c1-11ee-b0c5-23d9680b6a88.html |access-date=January 13, 2024 |website=INSIDENOVA.COM |language=en}}</ref> and it was revealed that the errors in vote tabulation actually favored [[Donald Trump|Trump]], with no evidence of intentional fraud or significant impact on election outcomes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moomaw |first=Graham |date=January 11, 2024 |title=2020 election error in Prince William County benefited Trump, officials reveal |url=https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/2020-election-error-in-prince-william-county-benefited-trump-officials-reveal/ |access-date=January 13, 2024 |newspaper=Virginia Mercury |language=en-US}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|1984|Republican|34,992|15,631|180|Virginia}}
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{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|500|1,435|5|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|457|1,512|13|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|386|1,499|22|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|817|826|0|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|269|847|54|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|393|786|3|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|192|754|4|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|82|814|104|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|200|738|11|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|228|724|6|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|680|1,351|0|Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|727|1,341|9|Virginia}}
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{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|740|1,313|4|Virginia}}
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