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1876–2024
Westmoreland County, Virginia
Westmoreland County·Virginia

Westmoreland County votes the way the country votes.

Birthplace of Washington and Monroe, now a reliably red rural county

18762024·38 elections
Westmoreland County, Virginia · Greenjettaguy82 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+14
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
18,826
2024 ACS
Most similar
Sullivan County
NY · similarity 0.96
8 precincts · 10,607 votes cast
Trump · R+14
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−14.3%
4,4916,00310,607
2020R
−8.2%
4,5015,3189,933
2016R
−7.1%
3,8364,4488,574
2012D
+6.9%
4,2953,7318,120
2008D
+10.2%
4,5773,7198,377
2004R
−0.9%
3,3703,4336,848
2000R
−0.2%
2,9222,9326,026
1996D
+10.6%
2,9492,3335,788
1992D
+3.3%
2,7582,5546,223
1988R
−12.3%
2,3112,9745,370
1984R
−15.1%
2,3633,2195,663
1980R
−4.8%
2,2712,5104,989
1976D
+9.8%
2,3551,9094,568
1972R
−41.3%
1,5083,7185,357
1968R
−7.0%
1,1561,4023,506
1964D
+13.8%
2,4941,8864,390
1960R
−6.4%
1,0341,1762,219
1956R
−17.8%
6951,0331,897
1952R
−19.3%
7541,1171,877
1948R
−5.1%
5035681,276
1944D
+20.5%
8085321,344
1940D
+40.6%
8453571,203
1936D
+49.3%
8712961,167
1932D
+50.1%
641212857
1928R
−17.0%
393554947
1924D
+49.9%
484157655
1920D
+49.6%
396133530
1916D
+45.6%
338126465
1912D
+59.8%
34169455
1908D
+37.4%
353161514
1904D
+36.6%
392181576
1900D
+7.2%
6915971,299
1896R
−7.9%
7058271,542
1892R
−5.8%
7268171,571
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
0.5%
African American
18.8%
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.
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
15.2%
Other Christian
10.1%
Methodist
8.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hugging the Northern Neck peninsula between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers, Westmoreland has shifted steadily toward Republican margins over the past two decades as its small-town, agricultural character has grown more politically homogeneous.

The Democratic margin in Westmoreland County has rarely exceeded sixty points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-one points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by fourteen points.

Westmoreland County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a 14% poverty rate, and a median household income of $63,398 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sullivan County and Chickasaw County.