Mecklenburg County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

22 precincts · 16,304 votes cast

Trump · R+21

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−20.8%	6,404	9,791	16,304
2020	R	−15.2%	6,803	9,266	16,204
2016	R	−13.4%	6,285	8,288	14,945
2012	R	−7.0%	6,921	7,973	15,077
2008	R	−4.6%	7,127	7,817	15,082
2004	R	−15.9%	5,293	7,319	12,780
2000	R	−15.5%	4,797	6,600	11,654
1996	R	−5.1%	4,408	4,933	10,278
1992	R	−10.3%	4,273	5,401	10,970
1988	R	−28.2%	3,275	5,887	9,278
1984	R	−32.4%	3,438	6,777	10,316
1980	R	−11.9%	3,790	4,853	8,913
1976	R	−4.0%	4,076	4,423	8,769
1972	R	−48.2%	639	1,864	2,539
1968	R	−0.9%	2,667	2,750	9,478
1964	R	−0.5%	1,137	1,149	2,286
1960	D	+13.2%	2,533	1,936	4,534
1956	D	+11.4%	2,004	1,498	4,434
1952	D	+14.2%	2,525	1,891	4,454
1948	D	+52.5%	2,117	513	3,053
1944	D	+71.2%	2,561	430	2,991
1940	D	+77.2%	2,402	308	2,713
1936	D	+86.2%	2,730	202	2,934
1932	D	+77.2%	2,188	275	2,478
1928	D	+38.2%	1,752	784	2,536
1924	D	+69.7%	1,649	286	1,956
1920	D	+71.7%	1,619	264	1,890
1916	D	+70.9%	1,317	222	1,544
1912	D	+63.9%	1,039	191	1,327
1908	D	+59.3%	1,000	252	1,262
1904	D	+54.1%	1,021	296	1,339
1900	R	−4.4%	1,697	1,855	3,592
1896	R	−5.7%	2,099	2,353	4,484
1892	R	−4.2%	1,345	1,484	3,343
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

2.4%

African American

25.9%

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: 49.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

2.4%

3.9%

75–84

4.3%

7.4%

65–74

8.1%

7.6%

55–64

8.2%

5.2%

45–54

6.0%

5.3%

35–44

5.2%

5.5%

25–34

5.1%

3.4%

18–24

3.2%

7.0%

5–17

6.4%

2.7%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$57,045

Mecklenburg County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Mecklenburg County$57,045

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.3%

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

Baptist

19.9%

Other Christian

10.5%

Methodist

7.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.0%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mecklenburg sits along the North Carolina border in Virginia's Southside, a region marked by decades of tobacco-economy decline and an electorate that has shifted steadily rightward across federal and statewide races.

The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Mecklenburg County, by a one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.

The political shift has tracked, in Mecklenburg County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,045, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cumberland County and Lee County.

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