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1876–2024
Fluvanna County, Virginia
Fluvanna County·Virginia

Fluvanna County votes the way the country votes.

A small Piedmont county shifting away from its once-competitive past

18762024·38 elections
Fluvanna County, Virginia · Skye Marthaler · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
28,092
2024 ACS
Most similar
Spotsylvania County
VA · similarity 0.99
5 precincts · 16,743 votes cast
Trump · R+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−6.2%
7,7318,77716,743
2020R
−4.7%
7,4148,15515,840
2016R
−9.3%
5,7607,02513,592
2012R
−6.2%
5,8936,67812,749
2008R
−1.8%
6,1856,42012,735
2004R
−18.6%
4,4156,45810,957
2000R
−17.6%
3,4314,9628,706
1996R
−11.5%
2,6763,4426,663
1992R
−11.6%
2,1342,8115,852
1988R
−21.8%
1,5622,4474,059
1984R
−25.3%
1,3322,2473,612
1980R
−5.7%
1,4241,6053,184
1976D
+4.3%
1,4151,2962,770
1972R
−37.5%
6371,4382,137
1968R
−16.0%
5699132,145
1964D
+10.1%
1,0088231,834
1960R
−10.7%
6147631,390
1956R
−23.3%
4177341,363
1952R
−16.3%
5197241,254
1948D
+15.0%
447319852
1944D
+32.9%
577291870
1940D
+41.2%
579241821
1936D
+45.7%
586217808
1932D
+52.5%
579176768
1928D
+15.5%
447327774
1924D
+51.2%
452136617
1920D
+58.0%
562146717
1916D
+72.7%
51381594
1912D
+67.8%
40953525
1908D
+53.8%
451135587
1904D
+48.9%
394135530
1900D
+7.6%
7906781,481
1896D
+12.9%
9197081,642
1892D
+27.6%
9184881,558
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%
Polish
0.6%
African American
9.4%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
8.5%
Baptist
7.3%
Methodist
4.8%
Other Christian
2.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fluvanna sits along the James River southeast of Charlottesville, and its 20,000 residents have trended steadily Republican in recent cycles after posting near-even splits in the mid-2000s, reflecting broader exurban realignment across Virginia's Piedmont.

The Democratic margin in Fluvanna County has rarely exceeded seventy-three points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded thirty-seven points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by six points.

Fluvanna County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a 8% poverty rate, and a median household income of $96,768 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Spotsylvania County and Ada County.