Pennington Gap, VA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+29.9 |
| 2012 | R+47.9 |
| 2016 | R+62.9 |
| 2020 | R+69.3 |
| 2024 | R+72.6 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,798 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+72.6 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $21,633 |
| County | Lee County |
| State | VA |
Place narrative
Pennington Gap sits at a natural mountain pass in Virginia's far southwestern corner, anchoring a coal-country county where Democratic registration has historically run deep even as federal election margins have swung sharply rightward over the past decade.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −72.6% | 89 | 568 | 3 | 660 |
| 2020 | R | −69.3% | 103 | 577 | 4 | 684 |
| 2016 | R | −62.9% | 121 | 559 | 16 | 696 |
| 2012 | R | −47.9% | 177 | 514 | 12 | 703 |
| 2008 | R | −29.9% | 227 | 426 | 12 | 665 |
| 2004† | R | −18.5% | 283 | 414 | 11 | 708 |
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 | 95.2% |
| Black | 1.6% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.4% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $21,633 |
| Poverty rate | 56.8% |
| Median age | 34.3 |
| Age 18–29 | 13.4% |
| Age 65 and older | 19.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 14.4% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.4% |
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 Lee County county page and the VA state page.