- Lead
- 24,795
- Total
- 45,917
- vs nation
- R+52.5
Virginia 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 23,344
- Total
- 45,154
- vs nation
- R+56.2
- Lead
- 20,033
- Total
- 39,941
- vs nation
- R+52.2
- Lead
- 13,078
- Total
- 38,460
- vs nation
- R+37.9
- Lead
- 10,607
- Total
- 38,371
- vs nation
- R+34.9
- Lead
- 11,559
- Total
- 36,319
- vs nation
- R+29.4
- Lead
- 9,811
- Total
- 32,684
- vs nation
- R+30.5
- Lead
- 4,118
- Total
- 29,869
- vs nation
- R+22.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+54.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 84,4592024 5-year
- Population density
- 58 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,463 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $53,2082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44.4 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.0 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 46, VA · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 47th 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
Barack Obama2008
35.3%
13,552 votes · R+27.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 33.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
76.7%
35,210 votes · R+54.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 75.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
13,552votes
35.3% of the vote · R+27.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 12,208 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
35,210votes
76.7% of the vote · R+54.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 33,988 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
John Kerry2004
−29.4pts D vs U.S.
Place R+31.8 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · −34.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+56.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.7 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +52.5 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.
Its Republican presidential margin was R+54.0 in 2024 and R+27.6 in 2008. The district had about 84,200 residents, 87.2% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.4 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 54.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.0 points.
A population of 84,459, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,208 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 46 and State House District 5.
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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Virginia 47th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/51047/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.