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Virginia 2nd State Senate District
presidential margin
2008R+24.72012R+29.22016R+33.32020R+31.82024R+32.2
full record · 2008 → 2024
R+32.2
2024
median income$74,087U.S. $80,734 · VA $93,170
median age38.6U.S. 39.1 · VA 39.3
poverty rate12.9%U.S. 12.5% · VA 10.0%
bachelor’s+ (25+)28.3%U.S. 35.6% · VA 42.3%
non-english11.9%U.S. 22.3% · VA 17.5%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
German18.6%
English13.1%
Irish8.7%
Mexican3.1%
Puerto Rican1.7%
Honduran1.6%
African American†3.5%
African0.2%
Vietnamese0.2%
Chinese0.2%
Pakistani0.2%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Harrisonburg city.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Virginia 2nd State Senate District

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Virginia 2nd State Senate DistrictTrumpR+32.2
2024
2024 presidential margin for Virginia 2nd State Senate DistrictThe boundary of Virginia 2nd State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+32.2), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Virginia 2nd State Senate District · R+32.2
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican65.3%72,400
Kamala HarrisDemocratic33.1%36,731
Jill SteinGreen1.6%1,757
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 7 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (7 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Virginia 2nd State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Augusta County, VARepublicanR+47.3
Bath County, VARepublicanR+53.7
Harrisonburg city, VADemocraticD+25.2
Highland County, VARepublicanR+44.2
Page County, VARepublicanR+53.9
Rockingham County, VARepublicanR+36.8
Waynesboro city, VARepublicanR+5.7
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
33.1%Harris36,731
65.3%Trump72,400
1.6%Stein1,757
−32.2%
110,888
R
33.2%Biden34,289
65.0%Trump67,159
1.9%Jorgensen1,932
−31.8%
103,380
R
30.4%Clinton28,061
63.7%Trump58,848
6.0%Johnson5,504
−33.3%
92,413
R
35.4%Obama29,536
64.6%Romney53,937
0.0%
−29.2%
83,473
R
36.9%Obama30,776
61.6%McCain51,352
1.5%Nader1,233
−24.7%
83,361
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −32.2% in 2024.−32.2%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008−24.7%
2012−29.2%
2016−33.3%
2020−31.8%
2024−32.2%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
RMark ObenshainState Senate · 2

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

With a 2024 presidential margin of D+57.5, this Northern Virginia district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in the state, reflecting the dense, highly educated urban electorate concentrated within its boundaries.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 33.3 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 32.2 points.

A population of 214,436, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,087 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 20 and State Senate District 20.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 20
Missouri
91.3twin score
2008–2020 trajectory
State Senate District 20
Oklahoma
91.1twin score
2008–2020 trajectory≠ population scale
State Senate District 2
South Carolina
90.8twin score
2016–2020 trajectory% Catholicelasticity

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.

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Places within Virginia 2nd State Senate District

counties it covers6
Augusta CountyBath CountyHarrisonburg cityHighland CountyPage CountyRockingham County

Frequently asked questions

How did Virginia 2nd State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Virginia 2nd State Senate District voted Republican by 32.2 points (R+32.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 110,888 votes cast, 36,731 went Democratic and 72,400 went Republican.
How many people live in Virginia 2nd State Senate District?
Virginia 2nd State Senate District has a population of 214,436 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Virginia 2nd State Senate District?
Median household income in Virginia 2nd State Senate District is $74,087 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Virginia 2nd State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Virginia 2nd State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.