- Lead
- 4,361
- Total
- 45,597
- vs nation
- D+11.0
Virginia 65th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,006
- Total
- 44,135
- vs nation
- D+6.9
- Lead
- 66
- Total
- 37,644
- vs nation
- R+1.9
- Lead
- 729
- Total
- 35,706
- vs nation
- R+1.8
- Lead
- 1,259
- Total
- 31,992
- vs nation
- R+3.3
- Lead
- 3,984
- Total
- 26,111
- vs nation
- R+12.8
- Lead
- 2,816
- Total
- 20,590
- vs nation
- R+14.2
- Lead
- 1,024
- Total
- 16,700
- vs nation
- R+14.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 86,5682024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,090 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 79.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $99,5352024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 58.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 18.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56.4 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 51, GA · twin score 80.6
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 65th 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
54.6%
24,076 votes · D+11.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 54.0%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
57.3%
14,964 votes · R+15.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 48.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
24,612votes
54.0% of the vote · D+9.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 24,076 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
20,251votes
44.4% of the vote · D+9.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 19,070 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
Kamala Harris2024
+11.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+9.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +6.9 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+12.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+15.3 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +3.3 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 2024 presidential margin of D+9.5 ranked among Virginia's closest, against D+3.9 in 2008. Median household income was $115,505 in the 2024 ACS 5-year, among the higher figures for a state house district.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 35.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.6 points.
A population of 86,568, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,535 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 51 and State House District 103.
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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