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1876–2024
State House District 93·Virginia

Virginia 93rd State House District was solidly Democratic for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

A rural southwestern Virginia district anchored by deep Republican margins

18762024·38 elections
VA
Latest
D+41
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
82,380
2024 ACS

Virginia 93rd State House District, Virginia: Populist district. In 2024, voted D+41%. Democratic peak: D+79 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+41MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
82,3802024 5-year
Median household income
$66,1092024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
43.2%2024 5-year
Black
39.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+79 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+19 in 1972MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 1 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+41.3%
21,1398,59730,332
D
+45.6%
22,7268,26731,698
D
+42.5%
20,1107,60129,407
D
+45.4%
22,1078,16330,697
D
+43.0%
22,1548,75131,192
D
+24.3%
15,3479,31124,887
D
+26.3%
13,4797,73021,846
D
+31.5%
13,2796,59221,203
D
+22.1%
13,2617,88624,343
D
+10.5%
13,32310,77024,295
D
+3.4%
13,72312,82326,632
D
+11.3%
12,3859,70023,699
D
+15.9%
13,8589,90924,828
R
−19.1%
9,07613,53723,352
D
+9.4%
10,0437,86523,215
D
+27.1%
11,4226,49918,178
D
+12.3%
7,7726,05713,921
R
−5.7%
7,2648,18516,027
R
−3.0%
6,5696,97613,566
D
+18.3%
4,9613,3109,010
D
+45.8%
6,1632,2878,466
D
+55.8%
5,1501,4546,623
D
+57.0%
5,0411,3696,438
D
+35.7%
4,1401,9316,181
R
−17.1%
2,5773,6376,214
D
+33.0%
1,7858632,794
D
+42.4%
2,0998412,968
D
+52.9%
1,1413401,514
D
+79.1%
1,248691,491
D
+38.9%
8013491,161
D
+68.3%
9021611,085
D
+25.3%
1,3698112,203
D
+20.5%
1,0827041,844
D
+36.3%
17577270
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
8.0%
English
8.0%
Irish
7.7%
American
5.3%
Italian
3.4%
Polish
1.6%
Scottish
1.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.2%
speak English only
Spanish5.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.7%
Other Indo-European2.5%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
12.8%
Baptist
9.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.6%
Mainline Protestant
4.7%
Non-Christian
4.6%
Methodist
3.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

District 93 sits in Virginia's southwestern coalfield region, where Republican presidential candidates have carried the area by double digits for over a decade. The district's economy and identity remain closely tied to extractive industries and small-town communities.

The Democratic margin in Virginia 93rd State House District peaked at seventy-nine points in 1912. By 1976 the district had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-one points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the district's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $66,109 sits well below state and national norms, and 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 93, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 93, Virginia voted Democratic by 41.3 points (D+41), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 30,332 votes cast, 21,139 went Democratic and 8,597 went Republican.
What is State House District 93, Virginia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 93, Virginia as a "Populist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 30 times, Republican 4 times, and other 0 times.
When did State House District 93, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 93, Virginia voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in State House District 93, Virginia?
State House District 93, Virginia has a population of 82,380 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 93, Virginia?
Median household income in State House District 93, Virginia is $66,109 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of State House District 93, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 93, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 30 went Democratic and 4 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.