- Lead
- 8,254
- Total
- 42,709
- vs nation
- R+17.9
Virginia 50th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,457
- Total
- 43,328
- vs nation
- R+17.1
- Lead
- 4,600
- Total
- 40,521
- vs nation
- R+13.4
- Lead
- 1,148
- Total
- 40,905
- vs nation
- R+6.7
- Lead
- 578
- Total
- 41,307
- vs nation
- R+8.7
- Lead
- 3,911
- Total
- 35,240
- vs nation
- R+8.6
- Lead
- 3,754
- Total
- 31,969
- vs nation
- R+12.3
- Lead
- 660
- Total
- 29,179
- vs nation
- R+10.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,1642024 5-year
- Population density
- 38 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,244 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,3632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 34.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 48, VA · twin score 91.9
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 50th 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
48.7%
20,137 votes · R+1.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 47.9%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
59.3%
25,344 votes · R+19.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 55.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
20,137votes
48.7% of the vote · R+1.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 19,586 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
25,344votes
59.3% of the vote · R+19.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 24,174 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
Barack Obama2012
−6.7pts D vs U.S.
Place R+2.8 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −8.6 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+17.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+19.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +17.1 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.
Carrying an R+19.3 margin in 2024, this district sits well to the right of Virginia's statewide average, suggesting a rural or exurban constituency where Republican candidates have built consistent structural advantages.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 82.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 36.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.3 points.
A population of 85,164, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,363 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 48 and State House District 46.
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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