- Lead
- 29,965
- Total
- 50,425
- vs nation
- D+60.9
Virginia 5th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 31,486
- Total
- 50,152
- vs nation
- D+58.3
- Lead
- 25,118
- Total
- 44,620
- vs nation
- D+54.2
- Lead
- 17,985
- Total
- 43,152
- vs nation
- D+37.8
- Lead
- 17,620
- Total
- 41,327
- vs nation
- D+35.4
- Lead
- 11,802
- Total
- 36,187
- vs nation
- D+35.1
- Lead
- 7,956
- Total
- 32,648
- vs nation
- D+23.8
- Lead
- 6,794
- Total
- 26,848
- vs nation
- D+16.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+59.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 88,1102024 5-year
- Population density
- 10,245 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 8.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $136,0372024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+70.6 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+16.1 in 1952MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 1, VA · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 5th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
80.3%
40,291 votes · D+62.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 78.8%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
33.2%
12,015 votes · D+32.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 28.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
40,291votes
80.3% of the vote · D+62.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 39,719 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
12,263votes
28.4% of the vote · D+41.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 12,015 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+60.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+59.4 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +58.3 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−35.1pts R vs U.S.
Place D+32.6 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −35.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Virginia 5th State House District sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 16.1 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.4 points.
A population of 88,110, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $136,037 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 1 and State House District 12.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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