St. Paul, VA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+6.8 |
| 2012 | R+27.3 |
| 2016 | R+46.5 |
| 2020 | R+51.2 |
| 2024 | R+57.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 963 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+57.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $33,000 |
| County | Wise County |
| State | VA |
Place narrative
Tucked into a narrow valley along the Clinch River in far southwestern Virginia, St. Paul sits in one of the state's most reliably one-sided congressional districts, where turnout patterns often hinge on local economic shifts tied to the coal industry's long decline.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −57.8% | 93 | 352 | 3 | 448 |
| 2020 | R | −51.2% | 107 | 336 | 4 | 447 |
| 2016 | R | −46.5% | 105 | 295 | 9 | 409 |
| 2012 | R | −27.3% | 144 | 254 | 5 | 403 |
| 2008 | R | −6.8% | 186 | 214 | 10 | 410 |
| 2004† | D | +3.4% | 214 | 200 | 4 | 418 |
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 | 98.1% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.8% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $33,000 |
| Poverty rate | 30.8% |
| Median age | 41.1 |
| Age 18–29 | 10.8% |
| Age 65 and older | 23.6% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 29.5% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.5% |
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 Wise County county page and the VA state page.