- Lead
- 52,437
- Total
- 116,023
- vs nation
- R+43.7
Virginia 7th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 48,254
- Total
- 114,743
- vs nation
- R+46.5
- Lead
- 42,138
- Total
- 103,527
- vs nation
- R+42.8
- Lead
- 26,126
- Total
- 102,112
- vs nation
- R+29.4
- Lead
- 19,984
- Total
- 101,368
- vs nation
- R+27.0
- Lead
- 23,390
- Total
- 93,428
- vs nation
- R+22.6
- Lead
- 18,310
- Total
- 84,043
- vs nation
- R+22.3
- Lead
- 4,097
- Total
- 77,934
- vs nation
- R+13.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+45.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 216,9782024 5-year
- Population density
- 69 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3,159 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $55,6432024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43.7 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45.2 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 6, VA · twin score 95.1
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 7th State Senate 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
39.3%
39,863 votes · R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 37.0%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
72.2%
83,800 votes · R+45.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 70.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
39,863votes
39.3% of the vote · R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 36,494 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
83,800votes
72.2% of the vote · R+45.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 80,808 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
John Kerry2004
−22.6pts D vs U.S.
Place R+25.0 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · −27.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+46.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.1 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +43.7 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.
Anchored in the rural Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia highlands, this district delivered a 45.2-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it among the least competitive state senate seats in Virginia.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.7 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 45.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.2 points.
A population of 216,978, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,643 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 6 and State Senate District 24.
The state-senate 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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