- Lead
- 2,679
- Total
- 53,808
- vs nation
- D+6.5
Virginia 71st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,576
- Total
- 50,699
- vs nation
- R+1.3
- Lead
- 1,062
- Total
- 45,409
- vs nation
- R+4.4
- Lead
- 3,723
- Total
- 43,578
- vs nation
- R+12.4
- Lead
- 2,508
- Total
- 40,192
- vs nation
- R+13.5
- Lead
- 6,831
- Total
- 31,205
- vs nation
- R+19.4
- Lead
- 5,324
- Total
- 24,815
- vs nation
- R+22.0
- Lead
- 2,550
- Total
- 19,843
- vs nation
- R+21.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+5.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 84,3692024 5-year
- Population density
- 347 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 243 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $103,6602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69.9 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41.6 in 1880MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 69, VA · twin score 92.0
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 71st 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
Kamala Harris2024
52.0%
27,967 votes · D+5.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 50.7%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
60.6%
18,911 votes · R+21.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 53.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
27,967votes
52.0% of the vote · D+5.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 25,687 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
25,288votes
47.0% of the vote · D+5.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 24,111 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
+6.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+5.0 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −1.3 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+19.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+21.9 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +13.5 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.
Virginia 71st 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 69.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 41.6 points in 1880. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.0 points.
A population of 84,369, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $103,660 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 69 and State House District 35.
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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