State Senate District 40 State Senate District (VA) — Elections 1876–2024

Virginia 40th State Senate District, Virginia: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+58%. Democratic peak: D+64 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+58MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population: 207,4512024 5-year
Median household income: $141,9632024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 60.3%2024 5-year
Black: 9.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 15.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+64 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+49 in 1928MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

3 counties · 3 D · 0 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+58.2%	88,196	22,081	113,684
2020	D	+63.6%	92,515	19,539	114,719
2016	D	+59.3%	80,816	17,667	106,492
2012	D	+40.0%	71,401	30,169	103,208
2008	D	+44.7%	69,384	26,145	96,655
2004	D	+36.4%	56,208	25,940	83,052
2000	D	+26.2%	44,167	24,992	73,322
1996	D	+26.0%	40,049	22,848	66,142
1992	D	+26.1%	42,003	23,089	72,500
1988	D	+8.3%	35,452	29,930	66,142
1984	D	+3.3%	32,609	30,507	63,436
1980	R	−6.2%	23,339	27,006	58,682
1976	D	+2.7%	28,624	27,114	56,696
1972	R	−20.1%	22,775	34,482	58,219
1968	R	−3.1%	23,003	24,660	53,833
1964	D	+24.3%	29,549	17,939	47,760
1960	R	−3.3%	19,315	20,658	40,192
1956	R	−13.1%	14,577	19,116	34,727
1952	R	−22.3%	12,267	19,369	31,803
1948	R	−14.8%	6,817	9,418	17,581
1944	R	−7.7%	6,227	7,270	13,550
1940	D	+10.9%	4,757	3,816	8,623
1936	D	+27.4%	4,347	2,470	6,850
1932	D	+7.7%	2,873	2,453	5,451
1928	R	−49.5%	1,263	3,736	4,999
1924	R	−3.4%	1,057	1,143	2,554
1920	R	−8.6%	731	872	1,636
1916	D	+11.0%	451	360	831
1912	D	+33.3%	345	109	708
1908	D	+36.2%	310	144	458
1904	D	+22.7%	138	87	225
1900	R	−0.8%	363	369	733
1896	R	−37.4%	283	624	911
1892	D	+4.4%	1,023	935	2,011
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

Irish

13.6%

German

12.5%

English

12.2%

Italian

6.9%

Polish

2.8%

American

2.6%

Scottish

2.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 35.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.8%

1.6%

75–84

2.0%

3.4%

65–74

3.7%

5.2%

55–64

4.8%

6.6%

45–54

6.3%

8.1%

35–44

8.0%

11.5%

25–34

11.1%

4.1%

18–24

4.2%

6.7%

5–17

6.3%

2.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$141,963

State Senate District 40 ranks near the middle of US counties.

State Senate District 40$141,963

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.4%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 187.9%

Working age (18–64)6.9%

Seniors (65+)13.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

70.6%

speak English only

Spanish12.5%

Other Indo-European7.1%

Asian & Pacific Islander5.5%

Other languages4.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

16.3%

Other Christian

4.8%

Baptist

4.6%

Mainline Protestant

3.5%

Methodist

3.1%

Non-Christian

1.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Covering rural and small-town communities west of the Blue Ridge, this district backed the Republican presidential nominee by 9.2 points in 2024, reflecting a broader rightward trend across Virginia's interior valleys over the past decade.

The Democratic margin in Virginia 40th State Senate District reached its widest at sixty-four points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was fifty-eight points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $141,963, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 207,451 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 40, Virginia vote in 2024?

In 2024, State Senate District 40, Virginia voted Democratic by 58.2 points (D+58), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 113,684 votes cast, 88,196 went Democratic and 22,081 went Republican.

What is State Senate District 40, Virginia's political archetype?

Akashic classifies State Senate District 40, Virginia as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.

When did State Senate District 40, Virginia last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 40, Virginia voted Republican was 1980.

How many people live in State Senate District 40, Virginia?

State Senate District 40, Virginia has a population of 207,451 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in State Senate District 40, Virginia?

Median household income in State Senate District 40, Virginia is $141,963 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.

What is the political history of State Senate District 40, Virginia?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 40, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Virginia 40th State Senate District has voted Democratic in eleven straight presidential cycles.

Key facts

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