- Lead
- 12,165
- Total
- 34,392
- vs nation
- D+36.8
Virginia 23rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,494
- Total
- 34,414
- vs nation
- D+40.6
- Lead
- 11,525
- Total
- 28,310
- vs nation
- D+38.6
- Lead
- 10,130
- Total
- 25,808
- vs nation
- D+35.4
- Lead
- 9,258
- Total
- 23,476
- vs nation
- D+32.2
- Lead
- 3,681
- Total
- 17,904
- vs nation
- D+23.0
- Lead
- 2,621
- Total
- 13,378
- vs nation
- D+19.1
- Lead
- 2,150
- Total
- 10,506
- vs nation
- D+11.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+35.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,9902024 5-year
- Population density
- 592 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 145 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $115,9512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 27.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 35.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 22.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71.3 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+16.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Legislative District 21, MD · twin score 96.3
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 23rd 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
71.6%
24,650 votes · D+45.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 69.4%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
39.4%
7,061 votes · D+20.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 31.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
24,650votes
71.6% of the vote · D+45.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 22,844 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
10,679votes
31.1% of the vote · D+35.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 9,156 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
+40.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+45.0 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +38.6 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−23.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+20.6 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −32.2 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 62.8%18,072 | 37.2%10,699 | 28,771 |
| 2018 | D | 58.6%16,894 | 41.4%11,951 | 28,845 |
Virginia 23rd 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 71.3 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 16.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.4 points.
A population of 85,990, a 27% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $115,951 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Legislative District 21 and State House District 24.
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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