- Lead
- 13,089
- Total
- 55,811
- vs nation
- R+22.0
Virginia 72nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,735
- Total
- 54,094
- vs nation
- R+28.0
- Lead
- 13,262
- Total
- 47,835
- vs nation
- R+29.8
- Lead
- 11,902
- Total
- 45,770
- vs nation
- R+29.9
- Lead
- 10,118
- Total
- 43,589
- vs nation
- R+30.5
- Lead
- 12,695
- Total
- 36,687
- vs nation
- R+32.1
- Lead
- 9,736
- Total
- 30,957
- vs nation
- R+32.0
- Lead
- 6,353
- Total
- 26,334
- vs nation
- R+32.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 89,6672024 5-year
- Population density
- 95 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 949 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $97,1332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+62.2 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.5 in 1880MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 59, VA · twin score 90.9
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 72nd 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
37.9%
16,507 votes · R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 37.7%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
66.9%
24,529 votes · R+34.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 62.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
21,057votes
37.7% of the vote · R+23.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 20,238 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
34,146votes
61.2% of the vote · R+23.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 32,973 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
−22.0pts D vs U.S.
Place R+23.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −28.0 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+32.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+34.6 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +30.5 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+23.4, this district sits well outside Virginia's competitive tier. Its electorate has shown consistent preference for Republican candidates across multiple cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.2 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 49.5 points in 1880. The 2024 margin was 23.5 points.
A population of 89,667, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $97,133 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 59 and State House District 60.
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 72nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/51072/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.