- Lead
- 17,526
- Total
- 53,418
- vs nation
- D+34.3
Virginia 6th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 18,456
- Total
- 51,846
- vs nation
- D+31.1
- Lead
- 11,264
- Total
- 45,466
- vs nation
- D+22.7
- Lead
- 3,486
- Total
- 44,476
- vs nation
- D+4.0
- Lead
- 3,684
- Total
- 43,300
- vs nation
- D+1.2
- Lead
- 2,264
- Total
- 39,402
- vs nation
- R+3.3
- Lead
- 5,001
- Total
- 35,836
- vs nation
- R+14.5
- Lead
- 4,422
- Total
- 31,598
- vs nation
- R+22.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+32.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 84,6142024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,399 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 60.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $250,0012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44.2 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.7 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 12, VA · twin score 92.7
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 6th 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
66.8%
34,611 votes · D+35.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 65.0%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
52.5%
20,684 votes · R+5.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 45.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
34,723votes
65.0% of the vote · D+32.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 34,611 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
20,684votes
52.5% of the vote · R+5.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 20,172 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
+34.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +31.1 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+3.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+5.7 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −1.2 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+32.8, this Northern Virginia or urban-corridor district ranks among the state's most lopsided, suggesting a dense, highly educated electorate where competitive general elections are rare.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.7 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.8 points.
A population of 84,614, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $250,001 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 12 and Legislative (House) District 45.
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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