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1876–2024
Carroll County, Virginia
Carroll County·Virginia

Carroll County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Virginia's widest presidential margins runs through this Blue Ridge county

18762024·38 elections
Carroll County, Virginia · Ceh2624 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+63
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
29,157
2024 ACS
Most similar
Franklin County
IN · similarity 1.00
16 precincts · 16,200 votes cast
Trump · R+63
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−63.1%
2,92513,15216,200
2020R
−62.7%
2,84212,65915,651
2016R
−59.3%
2,55910,66313,655
2012R
−39.1%
3,6858,73612,918
2008R
−32.4%
4,1098,18712,579
2004R
−35.3%
3,8888,17312,128
2000R
−31.9%
3,6387,14211,001
1996R
−14.8%
3,6115,0889,969
1992R
−17.2%
3,7905,66410,915
1988R
−33.1%
3,1906,3779,637
1984R
−41.2%
2,9147,05610,042
1980R
−25.6%
3,4375,9059,634
1976R
−9.0%
4,0104,8208,968
1972R
−52.4%
1,5835,2476,989
1968R
−41.0%
1,7734,9097,651
1964R
−17.9%
2,5173,6176,146
1960R
−32.8%
1,8733,7055,589
1956R
−39.8%
1,7394,0605,828
1952R
−37.5%
1,7113,7745,495
1948R
−33.7%
1,1962,4563,737
1944R
−26.2%
1,3752,3523,729
1940R
−8.5%
1,5461,8353,386
1936R
−20.9%
2,1223,2455,368
1932D
+2.5%
1,5371,4613,026
1928R
−37.5%
1,1172,4593,576
1924R
−16.1%
1,2571,7433,016
1920R
−33.1%
1,2652,5203,791
1916R
−24.8%
8581,4242,282
1912R
−5.5%
7658741,988
1908R
−27.8%
8591,5212,380
1904R
−18.2%
8741,2652,143
1900R
−10.1%
1,4341,7593,203
1896R
−4.5%
1,5281,6733,207
1892D
+17.6%
1,4501,0082,508
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.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
20.0%
Methodist
7.7%
Other Christian
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
4.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Carroll County, nestled in Virginia's southwestern corner along the Blue Ridge foothills, recorded an R+63.3 margin in 2024—among the steepest presidential tilts in the state—reflecting a rural, working-class electorate that has shifted sharply over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Carroll County reached its widest at sixty-three points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Carroll County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $54,484, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 29,157 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin County and Wythe County.