How Did Falls Church Vote for Virginia Governor? A Precinct-by-Precinct Look

Virginia elected Terry McAuliffe governor Tuesday, giving him 47.74 percent of the vote to Ken Cuccinelli's 45.28 percent and Robert Sarvis' 6.52 percent.

McAuliffe beat Cuccinelli by 54,689 votes.

In all, Falls Church gave 3,516 votes (71.29%) to McAuliffe, 1,141 to Cuccinelli (23.13%) and 251 votes (5.09%) to Sarvis. Falls Church has a history of voting for Democrats and it probably didn't hurt that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stopped by to stump for McAuliffe.

Here's the breakdown by precinct on how Falls Church voted in the governor's race, according to numbers provided by the Falls Church General Registrar. (Check the map for the location of each ward.):

Ward 1
McAuliffe: 1,064 (70.09%)
Cuccinelli: 352 (23.19%)
Sarvis: 99 (6.52%)

Ward 2
McAuliffe: 776 (71.19%)
Cuccinelli: 253 (23.21%)
Sarvis: 48 (4.40%)

Ward 3
McAuliffe: 1,107 (70.38%)
Cuccinelli: 386 (24.54%)
Sarvis: 76 (4.83%)

Falls Church continued its stellar record of high voter turnout:

Ward 1: 47.87
Ward 2: 41.79
Ward 3: 48.32

With 756 residents voting absentee, that boosts the total turnout percentage to 54.57, with 4,969 voting out of 9,105 registered voters.