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1876–2024
Danville, Virginia
Danville city·Virginia

Danville city changed direction in the last decade.

An independent city where Democratic margins have deepened alongside demographic change

18762024·38 elections
Danville, Virginia · Miguel Gereda · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+21
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
42,214
2024 ACS
Most similar
Charles County
MD · similarity 0.97
16 precincts · 17,712 votes cast
Harris · D+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+21.0%
10,6156,89417,712
2020D
+22.1%
11,7107,42819,389
2016D
+19.8%
11,0597,30318,940
2012D
+22.1%
12,2187,76320,204
2008D
+19.1%
12,3528,36120,890
2004D
+0.2%
9,4369,39919,112
2000R
−6.6%
8,2219,42718,307
1996R
−5.9%
8,1689,25418,519
1992R
−7.4%
8,1349,58419,661
1988R
−24.5%
7,35312,22119,874
1984R
−34.7%
5,84612,14118,161
1980R
−26.1%
6,13810,66517,362
1976R
−22.1%
6,42510,23517,212
1972R
−79.0%
5415,3046,028
1968R
−13.6%
4,4956,79616,874
1964R
−33.8%
1,1982,4203,620
1960R
−30.2%
2,6114,9667,794
1956R
−27.9%
2,4094,5617,726
1952R
−17.7%
3,3234,7658,146
1948D
+13.9%
2,3341,5795,448
1944D
+43.3%
3,1211,2314,366
1940D
+61.3%
3,3247874,141
1936D
+70.7%
3,2665493,845
1932D
+49.4%
2,2647403,084
1928R
−32.7%
1,1962,3603,556
1924D
+49.3%
1,5774732,241
1920D
+54.0%
1,8885512,476
1916D
+61.7%
1,1512291,495
1912D
+77.2%
1,066931,260
1908D
+63.7%
9632061,189
1904D
+75.1%
836101979
1900D
+64.1%
1,5753101,973
1896D
+21.7%
1,7021,0782,872
1892D
+26.8%
1,2347101,956
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
2.3%
African American
40.8%
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
Other Christian
29.3%
Baptist
19.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.6%
Methodist
6.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.8%
Non-Christian
2.1%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Danville, a former textile hub on the North Carolina border, has shifted decisively toward Democrats over the past two decades as its population has grown majority-Black and its manufacturing base has contracted.

The 2004 election was the turning point, when the Democratic candidate carried the county by zero points. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 42,214, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,423 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Charles County and Manassas Park city.