- Lead
- 14,982
- Total
- 41,345
- vs nation
- D+37.7
Virginia 8th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 18,403
- Total
- 42,340
- vs nation
- D+39.0
- Lead
- 14,632
- Total
- 38,458
- vs nation
- D+36.0
- Lead
- 8,472
- Total
- 36,841
- vs nation
- D+19.1
- Lead
- 8,537
- Total
- 35,951
- vs nation
- D+16.5
- Lead
- 3,189
- Total
- 32,003
- vs nation
- D+12.4
- Lead
- 350
- Total
- 28,616
- vs nation
- D+0.7
- Lead
- 234
- Total
- 25,229
- vs nation
- R+7.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+36.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 87,2712024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,257 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 16.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $159,3032024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 37.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59.0 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+31.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 9, VA · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 8th 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
70.7%
29,934 votes · D+43.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 66.7%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
44.6%
14,288 votes · D+10.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 37.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
29,934votes
70.7% of the vote · D+43.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 27,592 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
14,288votes
44.6% of the vote · D+10.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 13,943 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
Joe Biden2020
+39.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+43.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +37.7 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−12.4pts R vs U.S.
Place D+10.0 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −16.5 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+36.2, this district ranks among the most heavily Democratic in Virginia, suggesting a dense urban or majority-minority constituency where statewide and local contests rarely remain competitive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 31.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.2 points.
A population of 87,271, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $159,303 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 9 and State House District 14.
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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