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Virginia 4th Congressional District

Virginia 4th Congressional District delivered D+32.6 in 2024.

One of Virginia's most reliably Democratic districts, anchored by Richmond and its suburbs

20082024·5 elections
VA
Virginia 4th Congressional District
HarrisD+32.6
2024
2024 presidential margin for Virginia 4th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of Virginia 4th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+32.6), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Virginia 4th Congressional District · D+32.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala HarrisDemocratic65.4%250,989
Donald TrumpRepublican32.8%125,918
OtherAll other candidates1.8%6,743
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 15 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1876–2024, on its current boundaries.
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: +32.6% in 2024.+32.6%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+30.1%
2012+31.4%
2016+31.4%
2020+35.7%
2024+32.6%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
D
Jennifer McClellan
U.S. House · VA-04 · Democratic
D
Mark R. Warner
U.S. Senate · Democratic
D
Timothy Michael (tim) Kaine
U.S. Senate · Democratic

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
65.4%Harris250,989
32.8%Trump125,918
1.8%
+32.6%
383,650
D
67.0%Biden264,476
31.3%Trump123,672
1.6%incl. Jorgensen
+35.7%
394,493
D
63.4%Clinton226,464
32.0%Trump114,336
4.7%incl. Johnson
+31.4%
357,450
D
65.7%Obama230,476
34.3%Romney120,413
0.0%
+31.4%
350,889
D
64.6%Obama221,600
34.4%McCain118,154
1.0%
+30.1%
343,218

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
20244D
67.3%252,885
32.4%121,814
375,508
20224D
64.9%159,044
34.9%85,503
244,978
20204D
61.6%241,142
38.2%149,625
391,345
20184D
62.6%187,642
35.9%107,706
299,854
20164D
57.7%200,136
42.0%145,731
346,656
20144R
37.5%75,270
60.2%120,684
200,638
20124R
42.9%150,190
56.9%199,292
350,046
20104R
37.5%74,298
62.3%123,659
198,389
20084R
40.4%135,041
59.5%199,075
334,521
20064R
0.0%0
76.1%150,967
198,340
20044R
35.5%100,413
64.5%182,444
283,027
20024R
0.0%0
97.9%108,733
111,041
20004D
98.9%189,787
0.0%0
191,895
19984D
97.0%64,563
0.0%0
66,579
19964D
78.6%160,100
21.4%43,516
203,666
19944D
61.6%115,055
38.4%71,678
186,755
19924D
68.4%147,649
31.6%68,286
215,960
19904D
78.3%71,051
0.0%0
90,731
19884D
99.9%134,786
0.0%0
134,884
19864D
99.8%64,699
0.0%0
64,835
19844D
99.9%120,093
0.0%0
120,162
19824D
54.4%80,695
45.6%67,708
148,406
19804R
39.3%59,930
60.7%92,557
152,494
19784R
0.0%0
99.9%77,827
77,873
19764R
47.0%65,982
53.0%74,495
140,480

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
54.4%2,417,115
45.4%2,019,911
4,445,535
2020D
56.0%2,466,500
44.0%1,934,199
4,400,699
2018D
57.1%1,910,370
41.1%1,374,313
3,346,248
2014D
49.2%1,073,667
48.4%1,055,940
2,182,709
2012D
53.0%2,010,067
47.0%1,785,542
3,795,609
2008D
65.1%2,369,327
33.8%1,228,830
3,640,116
2006D
49.6%1,175,606
49.3%1,166,277
2,367,985
2002R
0.0%0
83.0%1,229,894
1,481,051
2000R
47.7%1,296,093
52.3%1,420,460
2,716,553
1996R
47.5%1,115,982
52.5%1,235,744
2,351,726
1994D
45.6%938,376
42.9%882,213
2,056,026
1990R
0.0%0
81.7%876,782
1,073,537
1988D
71.3%1,474,086
28.7%593,652
2,067,738
1984R
29.9%601,142
70.0%1,406,194
2,007,487
1982R
48.8%690,839
51.2%724,571
1,415,410
1978R
49.8%608,511
50.2%613,232
1,221,743
1976O
38.3%596,009
0.0%0
1,557,346

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorVA-4Congressional districtVirginiaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White43.5%60.2%61.0%
Black41.2%18.6%12.2%
Asian2.4%6.9%6.0%
Two or more races6.3%9.5%12.6%
Other race6.6%4.8%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino9.8%11.0%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$70,751$93,170$84,427
Poverty rate13.5%10.0%12.5%
Median age37.239.339.1
Age 18–249.3%9.2%9.2%
Age 65 and older16.2%16.7%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)39.4%42.3%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home12.4%17.5%22.3%
Spanish6.5%7.9%13.6%
Other Indo-European1.5%2.6%2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryEnglish 11.3%English 12.0%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryGerman 8.1%German 10.1%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 7.5%Irish 9.1%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic12.1%County context10.2%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant23.5%County context19.9%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed42.9%County context54.3%51.5%
Mainline Protestant10.0%County context8.4%5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
English
11.3%
German
8.1%
Irish
7.5%
American
5.7%
Italian
3.4%
Scottish
1.7%
Polish
1.3%
French
0.8%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
1.9%
Jamaican
0.4%
Nigerian
0.2%
Ethiopian
0.2%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
2.0%
Puerto Rican
1.4%
Salvadoran
1.3%
Guatemalan
1.0%
Honduran
0.6%
Cuban
0.3%
Dominican
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
1.6%
Chinese
0.5%
Filipino
0.4%
Korean
0.3%
Vietnamese
0.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.6%
speak English only
Spanish6.5%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.9%
Arabic0.6%
Other languages0.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.5%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.5%
Korean0.3%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Vietnamese0.3%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
23.5%
Catholic
12.1%
Mainline Protestant
10.0%
Black Protestant
4.9%
Muslim
2.3%
Hindu
1.4%
Other Christian
0.9%
Latter-day Saints
0.8%
Orthodox Christian
0.5%
Jewish
0.5%
Buddhist
0.2%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted42.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Virginia's 4th stretches from Richmond through majority-Black communities in the metro south, producing Democratic presidential margins exceeding 20 points in recent cycles and ranking among the most consistent Democratic-performing seats in the mid-Atlantic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.6 points.

A population of 787,518, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,751 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Virginia 4th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Virginia 4th Congressional District voted Democratic by 32.6 points (D+32.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 383,650 votes cast, 250,989 went Democratic and 125,918 went Republican.
What is Virginia 4th Congressional District's political typology?
Akashic places Virginia 4th Congressional District in the "" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Virginia 4th Congressional District?
Virginia 4th Congressional District has a population of 787,518 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Virginia 4th Congressional District?
Median household income in Virginia 4th Congressional District is $70,751 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Virginia 4th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Virginia 4th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.