- Lead
- 18,924
- Total
- 37,171
- vs nation
- D+52.4
Virginia 77th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 20,256
- Total
- 39,518
- vs nation
- D+46.8
- Lead
- 17,052
- Total
- 36,997
- vs nation
- D+44.0
- Lead
- 14,392
- Total
- 35,076
- vs nation
- D+37.2
- Lead
- 14,169
- Total
- 33,366
- vs nation
- D+35.2
- Lead
- 6,561
- Total
- 26,282
- vs nation
- D+27.4
- Lead
- 4,647
- Total
- 22,371
- vs nation
- D+20.3
- Lead
- 4,487
- Total
- 20,890
- vs nation
- D+13.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+50.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 86,9892024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,890 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 30.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $66,0412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 38.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87.9 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+26.0 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 39, GA · twin score 96.3
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 77th 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
74.7%
27,753 votes · D+50.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 74.6%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
37.3%
9,795 votes · D+25.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 28.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
29,494votes
74.6% of the vote · D+51.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 27,753 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
10,090votes
28.8% of the vote · D+41.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 9,795 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
+52.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+50.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +46.8 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−27.4pts R vs U.S.
Place D+25.0 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −35.2 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 75.0%22,069 | 25.0%7,363 | 29,432 |
| 2018 | D | 71.3%24,139 | 28.7%9,720 | 33,859 |
Virginia 77th 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 87.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 26.0 points in 1956. The 2024 margin was 50.9 points.
A population of 86,989, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,041 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 39 and State House District 55.
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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