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1876–2024
Greensville County, Virginia
Greensville County·Virginia

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

A small Southside county where Democrats hold a consistent edge

18762024·38 elections
Greensville County, Virginia · Taber Andrew Bain · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+9
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
11,275
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lake County
IN · similarity 0.99
9 precincts · 4,303 votes cast
Harris · D+9
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+9.2%
2,3341,9364,303
2020D
+15.6%
2,6271,9144,574
2016D
+18.8%
2,5581,7374,363
2012D
+27.8%
3,1351,7664,926
2008D
+28.5%
3,1221,7294,887
2004D
+18.4%
2,5141,7324,258
2000D
+19.2%
2,3141,5653,906
1996D
+31.4%
2,3811,1763,843
1992D
+22.6%
2,2371,3353,986
1988D
+12.7%
2,0831,6103,733
1984D
+1.0%
2,3522,3044,772
1980D
+14.7%
2,1421,5833,800
1976D
+35.0%
2,4131,1373,646
1972R
−14.3%
1,1971,6082,869
1968D
+26.5%
1,3675293,165
1964D
+0.4%
2,2622,2454,519
1960D
+22.4%
1,6761,0572,766
1956D
+10.8%
9947242,490
1952D
+11.9%
1,2599882,273
1948D
+28.7%
7103011,427
1944D
+54.6%
9542791,237
1940D
+69.2%
843152999
1936D
+100.0%
8840884
1932D
+71.5%
692112811
1928D
+24.0%
519318837
1924D
+49.7%
417132573
1920D
+58.2%
424111538
1916D
+67.2%
39276470
1912D
+65.6%
29431401
1908D
+55.1%
27377356
1904D
+55.8%
356100459
1900D
+14.9%
7405471,295
1896D
+28.6%
8504711,327
1892D
+5.2%
362320812
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
15.6%
African American
45.0%
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
Baptist
11.2%
Other Christian
5.0%
Methodist
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 78.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Greensville's electorate skews heavily Black — roughly half the population — anchoring the county's Democratic margins in a rural Southside Virginia region that otherwise leans Republican.

The Democratic margin in Greensville County reached its widest at 100 points in 1936. The margin in 2024 was nine points — still decisive.

Greensville County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $54,668, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 11,275 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 Lake County and Mora County.