- Lead
- 29,820
- Total
- 37,656
- vs nation
- D+80.7
Virginia 79th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 32,255
- Total
- 38,538
- vs nation
- D+79.2
- Lead
- 29,043
- Total
- 35,342
- vs nation
- D+80.1
- Lead
- 26,425
- Total
- 32,454
- vs nation
- D+77.6
- Lead
- 25,690
- Total
- 31,169
- vs nation
- D+75.1
- Lead
- 17,027
- Total
- 23,271
- vs nation
- D+75.6
- Lead
- 13,611
- Total
- 20,258
- vs nation
- D+66.7
- Lead
- 13,372
- Total
- 20,362
- vs nation
- D+57.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+79.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 86,8282024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,947 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 22 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $52,0712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 25.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 60.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.9 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 107, NC · twin score 97.8
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 79th 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
91.0%
28,352 votes · D+82.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 90.9%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
13.2%
3,076 votes · D+73.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 9.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
35,014votes
90.9% of the vote · D+83.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 33,268 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,448votes
9.2% of the vote · D+79.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 3,076 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
+80.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+79.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +80.1 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
−75.1pts R vs U.S.
Place D+82.4 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · −75.6 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 | 87.2%23,619 | 12.8%3,469 | 27,088 |
Virginia 79th 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 93.9 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 79.2 points.
A population of 86,828, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,071 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 107 and State House District 84.
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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