Tappahannock, VA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+5.6 |
| 2012 | R+18.3 |
| 2016 | D+3.0 |
| 2020 | D+8.5 |
| 2024 | D+4.9 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,908 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | D+4.9 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $46,816 |
| County | Essex County |
| State | VA |
Place narrative
Tappahannock serves as the Essex County seat on Virginia's Northern Neck fringe, where a population under 2,000 still anchors county-level civic and electoral activity in a persistently rural stretch of the state.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | +4.9% | 543 | 492 | 9 | 1,044 |
| 2020 | D | +8.5% | 591 | 498 | 9 | 1,098 |
| 2016 | D | +3.0% | 489 | 459 | 40 | 988 |
| 2012 | R | −18.3% | 479 | 696 | 12 | 1,187 |
| 2008 | D | +5.6% | 517 | 461 | 15 | 993 |
| 2004† | R | −12.3% | 350 | 449 | 5 | 804 |
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 | 42.1% |
| Black | 46.0% |
| Asian | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.3% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $46,816 |
| Poverty rate | 25.2% |
| Median age | 44.9 |
| Age 18–29 | 8.5% |
| Age 65 and older | 22.8% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 14.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 4.6% |
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 Essex County county page and the VA state page.