- Lead
- 20,361
- Total
- 39,137
- vs nation
- D+53.5
Virginia 87th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 23,092
- Total
- 41,788
- vs nation
- D+50.8
- Lead
- 20,674
- Total
- 39,570
- vs nation
- D+50.2
- Lead
- 24,347
- Total
- 42,624
- vs nation
- D+53.3
- Lead
- 23,435
- Total
- 43,310
- vs nation
- D+46.8
- Lead
- 11,476
- Total
- 34,060
- vs nation
- D+36.2
- Lead
- 10,111
- Total
- 29,274
- vs nation
- D+34.0
- Lead
- 9,381
- Total
- 27,261
- vs nation
- D+25.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+52.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 87,0402024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,076 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 28.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,9432024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 56.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90.5 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+15.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 91, VA · twin score 98.4
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 87th 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 Obama2012
78.0%
33,249 votes · D+57.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 76.7%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
32.9%
11,203 votes · D+33.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 23.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
33,249votes
78.0% of the vote · D+57.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 33,208 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
11,203votes
32.9% of the vote · D+33.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 9,773 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
+53.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+52.0 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +53.3 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−36.2pts R vs U.S.
Place D+33.7 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −46.8 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 87th 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 90.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 15.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 52.0 points.
A population of 87,040, a 28% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,943 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 91 and State House District 85.
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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