- Lead
- 13,372
- Total
- 44,623
- vs nation
- D+31.4
Virginia 18th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 18,431
- Total
- 47,023
- vs nation
- D+34.7
- Lead
- 15,570
- Total
- 44,221
- vs nation
- D+33.1
- Lead
- 8,361
- Total
- 42,708
- vs nation
- D+15.7
- Lead
- 8,444
- Total
- 41,652
- vs nation
- D+13.0
- Lead
- 2,355
- Total
- 37,329
- vs nation
- D+8.8
- Lead
- 799
- Total
- 33,427
- vs nation
- R+2.9
- Lead
- 762
- Total
- 29,530
- vs nation
- R+11.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+30.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 87,5792024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,317 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 26.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $147,2152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+51.4 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+34.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 8, VA · twin score 96.8
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 18th 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
68.5%
32,229 votes · D+39.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 64.4%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
46.5%
17,356 votes · D+6.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 39.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
32,229votes
68.5% of the vote · D+39.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 28,479 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
17,356votes
46.5% of the vote · D+6.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 16,913 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
+34.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+39.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +33.1 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−8.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+6.3 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −13.0 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 nearly 30 points, this district sits firmly in the Democratic column and shows little recent volatility, making it a reliable anchor in regional legislative maps.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 34.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.0 points.
A population of 87,579, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $147,215 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 8 and State House District 9.
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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