Clarke County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 9,839 votes cast

Trump · R+17

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−16.7%	3,993	5,641	9,839
2020	R	−13.6%	3,920	5,192	9,337
2016	R	−19.6%	3,051	4,661	8,213
2012	R	−13.6%	3,239	4,296	7,762
2008	R	−5.2%	3,457	3,840	7,431
2004	R	−16.0%	2,699	3,741	6,505
2000	R	−13.6%	2,166	2,883	5,284
1996	R	−6.5%	1,906	2,201	4,569
1992	R	−3.9%	1,811	1,994	4,648
1988	R	−25.5%	1,478	2,502	4,020
1984	R	−34.9%	1,215	2,529	3,763
1980	R	−22.0%	1,156	1,876	3,266
1976	R	−5.9%	1,276	1,440	2,794
1972	R	−41.9%	715	1,816	2,627
1968	R	−13.6%	768	1,127	2,644
1964	D	+3.1%	1,136	1,068	2,206
1960	D	+6.9%	923	804	1,736
1956	R	−3.7%	725	785	1,605
1952	R	−6.1%	716	809	1,530
1948	D	+8.5%	482	384	1,158
1944	D	+32.4%	816	415	1,236
1940	D	+51.4%	1,043	333	1,380
1936	D	+65.0%	940	198	1,141
1932	D	+73.7%	841	124	973
1928	D	+49.8%	740	248	988
1924	D	+78.4%	687	76	779
1920	D	+63.5%	774	154	976
1916	D	+84.5%	590	49	640
1912	D	+85.2%	576	39	630
1908	D	+73.6%	517	74	602
1904	D	+70.5%	444	67	535
1900	D	+41.6%	1,055	426	1,513
1896	D	+38.3%	1,114	490	1,629
1892	D	+47.6%	1,208	409	1,678
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%

Irish

1.5%

African American

5.0%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 48.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.2%

2.8%

75–84

4.4%

6.3%

65–74

7.2%

8.4%

55–64

8.6%

7.5%

45–54

6.2%

5.3%

35–44

5.4%

4.7%

25–34

4.4%

3.1%

18–24

3.7%

6.3%

5–17

9.2%

2.1%

2.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$117,111

Clarke County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

Clarke County$117,111

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

Methodist

13.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.4%

Other Christian

7.7%

Baptist

3.7%

Mainline Protestant

3.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Clarke County's 12,600 residents occupy the lower Shenandoah Valley, where low population density and agricultural land use correlate with presidential margins that have run consistently Republican by double digits across recent cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 1968 marked the realignment in Clarke County, by a fourteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was seventeen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Clarke County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 84% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $117,111, and a 7% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Livingston County and Lake County.

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Clarke County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.