| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 162,112 | 131,123 | 298,704 | |
| 2020 | D | 181,688 | 138,843 | 325,848 | |
| 2016 | D | 156,873 | 134,768 | 298,286 | |
| 2012 | D | 159,876 | 141,683 | 303,918 | |
| 2008 | D | 166,121 | 149,921 | 318,524 | |
| 2004 | R | 132,286 | 158,680 | 292,967 | |
| 2000 | R | 129,889 | 138,491 | 273,763 | |
| 1996 | R | 120,208 | 130,980 | 260,906 | |
| 1992 | R | 125,889 | 149,832 | 298,884 | |
| 1988 | R | 107,766 | 148,879 | 257,833 | |
| 1984 | R | 107,506 | 158,362 | 266,547 | |
| 1980 | R | 113,069 | 132,612 | 259,512 | |
| 1976 | R | 99,531 | 113,590 | 217,090 | |
| 1972 | R | 57,288 | 135,095 | 198,528 | |
| 1968 | D | 55,845 | 39,752 | 205,033 | |
| 1964 | R | 0 | 100,756 | 138,838 | |
| 1960 | R | 44,369 | 60,004 | 105,898 | |
| 1956 | R | 38,604 | 43,695 | 87,513 | |
| 1952 | D | 38,111 | 32,254 | 70,766 | |
| 1948 | R | 0 | 7,261 | 37,861 | |
| 1944 | D | 31,101 | 7,409 | 38,684 | |
| 1940 | D | 37,110 | 6,714 | 44,001 | |
| 1936 | D | 35,980 | 3,810 | 40,194 | |
| 1932 | D | 30,858 | 4,567 | 36,239 | |
| 1928 | R | 16,735 | 18,060 | 34,907 | |
| 1924 | D | 15,133 | 5,678 | 23,780 | |
| 1920 | D | 24,982 | 7,124 | 32,939 | |
| 1916 | D | 10,677 | 2,052 | 13,120 | |
| 1912 | D | 8,887 | 693 | 12,226 | |
| 1908 | D | 7,803 | 2,182 | 10,707 | |
| 1904 | D | 6,424 | 1,090 | 8,022 | |
| 1900 | D | 4,580 | 2,842 | 7,721 | |
| 1896 | D | 8,819 | 3,394 | 13,032 | |
| 1892 | D | 10,055 | 296 | 15,304 | |
| 1888 | D | 5,508 | 3,001 | 8,613 | |
| 1884 | D | 2,183 | 2,018 | 4,264 | |
| 1880 | D | 1,712 | 781 | 2,669 | |
| 1876 | D | 2,102 | 689 | 2,791 |
Home to Birmingham and a majority-Black electorate, Jefferson County delivered a 10-point Democratic margin in 2024 — a striking outlier in a state that went Republican statewide by nearly 30 points.
The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighty points in 1936; the Republican margin reached seventy-three points in 1964. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.
Jefferson County's demographics — a population of 667,755, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,388 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Manassas city and Henrico County.
