Gate City, VA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+40.8 |
| 2012 | R+52.8 |
| 2016 | R+62.6 |
| 2020 | R+64.7 |
| 2024 | R+65.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,928 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+65.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $42,857 |
| County | Scott County |
| State | VA |
Place narrative
Gate City sits in Scott County, one of Virginia's most reliably one-sided localities, where rugged Appalachian terrain and long-term population decline have shaped a small-town electorate with limited demographic churn.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −65.8% | 180 | 884 | 6 | 1,070 |
| 2020 | R | −64.7% | 180 | 853 | 8 | 1,041 |
| 2016 | R | −62.6% | 161 | 761 | 36 | 958 |
| 2012 | R | −52.8% | 220 | 729 | 15 | 964 |
| 2008 | R | −40.8% | 295 | 714 | 19 | 1,028 |
| 2004† | R | −28.5% | 367 | 666 | 17 | 1,050 |
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 | 91.9% |
| Black | 2.8% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.8% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $42,857 |
| Poverty rate | 16.7% |
| Median age | 41.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 18.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 21.5% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 29.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.7% |
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 Scott County county page and the VA state page.