Damascus, VA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+20.3 |
| 2012 | R+31.6 |
| 2016 | R+40.6 |
| 2020 | R+44.7 |
| 2024 | R+46.0 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 772 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+46.0 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $29,006 |
| County | Washington County |
| State | VA |
Place narrative
Damascus sits at the intersection of the Appalachian Trail and Virginia Creeper Trail in Washington County, a rural corner of southwest Virginia where turnout patterns track closely with the broader coal-country realignment of the past two decades.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −46.0% | 105 | 287 | 4 | 396 |
| 2020 | R | −44.7% | 105 | 278 | 4 | 387 |
| 2016 | R | −40.6% | 100 | 247 | 15 | 362 |
| 2012 | R | −31.6% | 116 | 226 | 6 | 348 |
| 2008 | R | −20.3% | 143 | 217 | 5 | 365 |
| 2004† | R | −21.3% | 129 | 200 | 5 | 334 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 94.2% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.6% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $29,006 |
| Poverty rate | 19.7% |
| Median age | 45.7 |
| Age 18–29 | 17.5% |
| Age 65 and older | 31.0% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 13.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.3% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Washington County county page and the VA state page.