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1876–2024
Radford, Virginia
Radford city·Virginia

Radford city delivered a near-tie in 2024.

An independent Virginia city where the presidential margin landed inside one point

18762024·38 elections
Radford, Virginia · DwayneP at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+1
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
16,726
2024 ACS
Most similar
Will County
IL · similarity 0.96
4 precincts · 6,583 votes cast
Harris · D+1
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+0.5%
3,2313,1976,583
2020D
+9.1%
3,3582,7866,320
2016D
+4.7%
2,9252,6386,082
2012D
+3.9%
2,7322,5205,399
2008D
+9.4%
2,9302,4185,429
2004R
−6.6%
2,2442,5644,845
2000R
−2.9%
2,0632,1904,448
1996D
+8.7%
2,1131,7424,283
1992D
+3.9%
2,1831,9964,785
1988R
−14.3%
1,8552,4814,365
1984R
−23.0%
1,7812,8554,669
1980D
+5.8%
2,2251,9644,463
1976D
+9.6%
2,2401,8444,122
1972R
−38.8%
1,1212,5773,752
1968R
−23.2%
1,2062,0773,749
1964D
+10.3%
1,8501,5053,358
1960R
−14.5%
1,2401,6632,912
1956R
−25.9%
1,1181,9103,058
1952R
−15.7%
1,1081,5232,638
1948R
−1.4%
8268501,765
1944D
+16.0%
8245971,423
1940D
+30.9%
7934171,216
1936D
+21.2%
6504211,078
1932D
+22.1%
542341909
1928R
−16.8%
373524897
1924D
+9.9%
394314807
1920D
+23.8%
402245660
1916D
+27.8%
206115327
1912D
+45.4%
18536328
1908D
+17.8%
204141353
1904D
+28.8%
184100292
1900D
+13.1%
257197459
1896D
+8.9%
372309709
1892D
+51.2%
591185793
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
7.5%
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.
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
22.5%
Methodist
8.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
8.1%
Mainline Protestant
6.6%
Baptist
4.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Radford University, this small independent city along the New River has swung between parties in recent cycles, with its 2024 presidential vote splitting nearly evenly across a student-influenced electorate.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached fifty-one points in 1892; the Republican margin reached thirty-nine points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Radford city's demographics — a population of 16,726, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,348 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Will County and DeKalb County.