- Lead
- 45,111
- Total
- 109,637
- vs nation
- D+42.6
Virginia 37th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 51,813
- Total
- 110,315
- vs nation
- D+42.5
- Lead
- 39,870
- Total
- 98,977
- vs nation
- D+38.2
- Lead
- 24,119
- Total
- 93,835
- vs nation
- D+21.8
- Lead
- 24,020
- Total
- 91,173
- vs nation
- D+19.1
- Lead
- 10,619
- Total
- 81,427
- vs nation
- D+15.5
- Lead
- 3,008
- Total
- 73,158
- vs nation
- D+3.6
- Lead
- 2,274
- Total
- 64,241
- vs nation
- R+5.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+41.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 213,5562024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,403 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 48.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $150,4742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71.3 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+29.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 38, VA · twin score 95.0
presidential history
Party record book
Virginia 37th 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
Joe Biden2020
72.4%
79,902 votes · D+47.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 69.2%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
43.0%
35,019 votes · D+13.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 36.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
79,902votes
72.4% of the vote · D+47.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 75,920 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
35,019votes
43.0% of the vote · D+13.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 34,128 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
+42.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+41.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +42.5 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−15.5pts R vs U.S.
Place D+13.0 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −19.1 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 37th 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 71.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 29.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.1 points.
A population of 213,556, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $150,474 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 38 and State Senate District 33.
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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