 Floyd was the only Virginia county to vote for Herbert Hoover against Franklin Roosevelt in 1932, and the last Democrat to carry the county in a presidential election was Winfield S. Hancock in 1880.Theodore Roosevelt did win Floyd County in 1912 as a result of a split in the Republican Party, whilst Democratic Senatorial candidate Mark Warner carried the county in his landslide 2008 victory.Floyd is represented by Republican David R. Sutterlein in the Virginia Senate, Republican Larry N. "Nick" Rush in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Republican H. Morgan Griffith in the U.S. House of Representatives.