Spotsylvania County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

29 precincts · 79,514 votes cast

Trump · R+9

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−8.5%	35,747	42,531	79,514
2020	R	−6.8%	34,307	39,411	75,317
2016	R	−16.7%	24,207	34,623	62,549
2012	R	−11.5%	25,165	31,844	57,974
2008	R	−6.9%	24,897	28,610	54,069
2004	R	−26.2%	16,623	28,527	45,445
2000	R	−20.8%	13,455	20,739	35,021
1996	R	−13.1%	10,342	13,786	26,197
1992	R	−15.4%	8,133	11,829	24,014
1988	R	−33.1%	5,486	10,978	16,593
1984	R	−34.1%	4,012	8,207	12,297
1980	R	−13.5%	4,039	5,385	10,005
1976	D	+13.2%	4,210	3,210	7,560
1972	R	−46.6%	2,280	6,409	8,868
1968	R	−0.6%	1,647	1,675	4,926
1964	D	+3.6%	4,113	3,830	7,952
1960	D	+6.9%	1,482	1,288	2,799
1956	R	−10.5%	993	1,244	2,395
1952	D	+0.8%	1,194	1,174	2,397
1948	D	+19.9%	818	517	1,510
1944	D	+19.2%	744	504	1,251
1940	D	+36.4%	785	365	1,154
1936	D	+29.6%	836	453	1,294
1932	D	+38.2%	784	346	1,147
1928	R	−19.7%	439	654	1,093
1924	D	+26.2%	448	255	736
1920	D	+7.2%	440	380	834
1916	D	+23.0%	398	249	649
1912	D	+53.8%	390	58	617
1908	D	+10.0%	346	282	642
1904	D	+16.0%	330	237	581
1900	R	−2.7%	774	817	1,596
1896	R	−1.5%	877	903	1,788
1892	D	+10.7%	849	679	1,593
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%

Polish

0.7%

African American

13.5%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.7%

2.1%

75–84

2.6%

4.4%

65–74

5.0%

6.4%

55–64

6.7%

6.4%

45–54

6.5%

6.7%

35–44

6.7%

6.4%

25–34

6.4%

4.3%

18–24

4.0%

9.6%

5–17

9.0%

3.0%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$112,738

Spotsylvania County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

Spotsylvania County$112,738

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.1%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

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

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

12.8%

Other Christian

11.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.1%

Non-Christian

1.8%

Methodist

1.2%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Spotsylvania sits along the Interstate 95 corridor south of Fredericksburg, where rapid population growth driven by D.C.-area transplants has gradually compressed what were once double-digit Republican margins in presidential races.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Spotsylvania County, by a thirteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-seven points in 1972. The 2024 margin was nine points.

The political shift has tracked, in Spotsylvania County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $112,738, and a 7% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fluvanna County and Allen County.

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Spotsylvania County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.