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1876–2024
Augusta County, Virginia
Augusta County·Virginia

Augusta County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Virginia's most decisive Republican margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Augusta County, Virginia · Taber Andrew Bain from Richmond, VA, USA · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+47
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
78,033
2024 ACS
Most similar
Houston County
AL · similarity 1.00
28 precincts · 44,417 votes cast
Trump · R+47
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−47.3%
11,40332,42944,417
2020R
−47.0%
10,84030,71442,278
2016R
−49.5%
8,17726,16336,343
2012R
−42.1%
9,45123,62433,672
2008R
−39.9%
9,82523,12033,338
2004R
−50.8%
7,01922,10029,704
2000R
−43.9%
6,64317,74425,271
1996R
−33.9%
5,96513,45822,102
1992R
−35.2%
5,19012,89621,866
1988R
−51.5%
4,17013,25117,634
1984R
−59.0%
3,89915,30819,323
1980R
−33.9%
5,20211,01117,120
1976R
−19.2%
5,6268,45214,692
1972R
−65.6%
1,7669,10611,181
1968R
−39.3%
2,0286,31310,900
1964R
−3.4%
4,0394,3278,372
1960R
−35.4%
1,9144,0345,989
1956R
−38.9%
1,4843,4665,092
1952R
−40.2%
1,4533,4144,879
1948R
−9.7%
1,3551,6903,454
1944D
+11.3%
2,9132,3195,247
1940D
+22.0%
2,7741,7684,564
1936D
+26.3%
2,8721,6684,571
1932D
+25.1%
2,6061,5414,237
1928R
−28.0%
1,5072,6794,186
1924D
+20.1%
1,9201,2653,265
1920D
+10.3%
2,1061,7073,879
1916D
+34.3%
1,7518452,644
1912D
+39.8%
1,5565682,480
1908D
+17.7%
1,4359872,537
1904D
+17.7%
1,5821,0962,748
1900D
+7.2%
2,8692,4735,531
1896D
+4.0%
3,0662,8236,117
1892D
+23.8%
3,5632,1365,986
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
3.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Other Christian
14.3%
Mainline Protestant
9.0%
Methodist
7.0%
Baptist
4.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.2%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Augusta County's R+47.5 presidential margin in 2024 places it among Virginia's most one-sided jurisdictions, reflecting a rural Shenandoah Valley electorate where Republican candidates have dominated consistently across federal, state, and local races.

The Republican margin in Augusta County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was forty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Augusta County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $82,049, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 78,033 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 Houston County and Madison County.