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1876–2024
Albemarle County, Virginia
Albemarle County·Virginia

Albemarle County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Home to UVA, one of Virginia's most Democratic-leaning counties

18762024·38 elections
Albemarle County, Virginia · WaldoJ · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+34
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
114,919
2024 ACS
Most similar
Fairfax city
VA · similarity 0.99
30 precincts · 66,606 votes cast
Harris · D+34
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+33.7%
43,82021,38666,606
2020D
+33.5%
42,46620,80464,657
2016D
+24.8%
33,34519,25956,726
2012D
+12.0%
29,75723,29753,907
2008D
+18.0%
29,72920,57650,921
2004D
+2.1%
22,08821,18943,726
2000R
−5.5%
16,25518,29136,846
1996R
−3.7%
14,08915,24331,228
1992R
−0.0%
13,88613,89431,804
1988R
−18.5%
10,36315,11725,753
1984R
−28.7%
7,98214,45522,530
1980R
−16.0%
7,29310,42419,582
1976R
−10.7%
7,3109,08416,632
1972R
−32.0%
4,3038,44712,951
1968R
−26.7%
2,2554,5128,441
1964R
−3.0%
3,0623,2516,315
1960R
−19.6%
2,1023,1355,272
1956R
−25.0%
1,4122,5084,386
1952R
−21.1%
1,6422,5234,183
1948D
+7.9%
1,1789842,443
1944D
+28.2%
1,7259642,701
1940D
+34.3%
1,6488042,458
1936D
+48.2%
1,8256352,467
1932D
+57.8%
1,9495082,491
1928D
+30.0%
1,5718462,417
1924D
+56.4%
1,3833661,802
1920D
+49.2%
1,5875412,128
1916D
+72.1%
1,3762231,599
1912D
+71.3%
1,2151441,503
1908D
+44.0%
9993801,406
1904D
+54.6%
1,0693091,393
1900D
+18.0%
2,4111,6744,105
1896D
+15.4%
2,6281,9184,622
1892D
+21.0%
2,7571,7954,581
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
7.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
6.1%
Other Christian
6.0%
Mainline Protestant
6.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.4%
Methodist
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Non-Christian
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Albemarle wraps around Charlottesville and anchors its politics to the University of Virginia's academic workforce and student population, producing presidential margins that routinely exceed 30 points Democratic in a state that trends competitive statewide.

The Democratic margin in Albemarle County reached its widest at seventy-two points in 1916. The margin in 2024 was thirty-four points — still decisive.

Albemarle County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $104,392, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 114,919 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairfax city and Fairfax County.