- Lead
- 3,256
- Total
- 41,304
- vs nation
- D+9.4
Virginia 97th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,283
- Total
- 41,950
- vs nation
- D+5.8
- Lead
- 302
- Total
- 38,045
- vs nation
- R+1.3
- Lead
- 783
- Total
- 36,699
- vs nation
- R+1.7
- Lead
- 1,473
- Total
- 37,569
- vs nation
- R+3.4
- Lead
- 4,681
- Total
- 32,507
- vs nation
- R+11.9
- Lead
- 2,718
- Total
- 27,837
- vs nation
- R+10.3
- Lead
- 1,160
- Total
- 23,496
- vs nation
- R+13.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+7.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 86,5772024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,533 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 19.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $79,1292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+17.0 in 1960MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 95, VA · twin score 76.5
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 97th 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
Joe Biden2020
53.9%
22,628 votes · D+10.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 53.2%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
56.8%
18,466 votes · R+14.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 48.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
22,628votes
53.9% of the vote · D+10.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 21,978 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
18,722votes
45.3% of the vote · D+7.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 18,466 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
+9.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+7.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +5.8 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+11.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+14.4 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +3.4 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 | 63.1%15,278 | 36.9%8,945 | 24,223 |
| 2018 | D | 51.3%16,472 | 48.7%15,668 | 32,140 |
Virginia 97th 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 17.0 points in 1960 and a Republican high of 52.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.9 points.
A population of 86,577, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,129 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 95 and State House District 96.
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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