- Lead
- 36,178
- Total
- 91,348
- vs nation
- D+41.1
Virginia 23rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 41,952
- Total
- 97,516
- vs nation
- D+38.6
- Lead
- 35,429
- Total
- 91,925
- vs nation
- D+36.5
- Lead
- 42,211
- Total
- 97,881
- vs nation
- D+39.3
- Lead
- 40,250
- Total
- 100,044
- vs nation
- D+33.0
- Lead
- 14,007
- Total
- 81,550
- vs nation
- D+19.6
- Lead
- 12,517
- Total
- 69,823
- vs nation
- D+17.4
- Lead
- 12,776
- Total
- 65,242
- vs nation
- D+11.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+39.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 214,3182024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,912 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 73.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $66,1632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 34.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 48.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77.1 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+30.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 18, VA · twin score 98.7
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 23rd 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 Obama2012
70.9%
69,426 votes · D+43.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 70.5%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
41.1%
33,542 votes · D+17.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 29.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
69,774votes
69.7% of the vote · D+40.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 69,426 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
33,542votes
41.1% of the vote · D+17.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 29,524 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
+41.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+39.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +39.3 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−19.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+17.2 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −33.0 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 23rd State Senate District sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 30.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.6 points.
A population of 214,318, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,163 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 18 and State Senate District 34.
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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