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1876–2024
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA·Virginia

Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA peaked at D+45; 2024 delivered R+29.

Shenandoah Valley anchor where military heritage meets college-town demographics

1876 — 2024·38 elections
VA
Latest
R+29
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
126,822
2024 ACS

Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+29%. Republican peak: R+62 in 1972.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+29MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
126,8222024 5-year
Median household income
$74,7072024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
84.5%2024 5-year
Black
7.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+45 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+62 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 1 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−28.6%
24,23544,08969,362
R
−29.0%
22,78241,91665,985
R
−33.1%
17,27436,09756,802
R
−27.3%
19,01933,68653,673
R
−26.2%
19,30033,26553,213
R
−41.1%
13,56732,99747,296
R
−34.2%
12,70426,70640,887
R
−26.7%
11,52521,45037,113
R
−29.5%
10,34321,64338,247
R
−45.9%
8,66523,69832,767
R
−54.8%
7,49025,91033,598
R
−31.4%
9,78619,52731,025
R
−20.6%
10,78616,66128,470
R
−61.7%
4,24318,80023,603
R
−37.6%
5,20314,04823,499
R
−1.6%
9,1139,40318,583
R
−37.5%
4,1949,26713,534
R
−45.1%
3,0758,42311,859
R
−42.0%
3,1287,67210,820
R
−9.3%
3,1083,8467,921
D
+12.5%
4,0723,1667,259
D
+21.6%
3,8162,4556,308
D
+27.7%
3,9632,2366,239
D
+25.9%
3,5942,0925,792
R
−24.6%
2,2403,7055,945
D
+23.1%
2,9421,8144,874
D
+11.3%
3,0372,4125,524
D
+31.8%
2,2621,1563,477
D
+44.9%
2,1886333,464
D
+17.8%
1,9491,3343,456
D
+23.0%
2,0401,2583,398
D
+9.6%
3,4812,8486,588
D
+5.3%
3,7793,3797,520
D
+23.8%
4,4822,6857,547
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.9%
English
15.5%
Irish
11.1%
American
6.6%
Italian
3.6%
Scottish
2.5%
French
1.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.7%
2.9%
75–84
3.5%
5.8%
65–74
6.6%
6.9%
55–64
7.1%
6.0%
45–54
5.9%
6.6%
35–44
6.1%
6.5%
25–34
6.2%
3.8%
18–24
4.0%
7.5%
5–17
6.9%
2.6%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$74,707
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$74,707
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.1%
Working age (18–64)8.1%
Seniors (65+)8.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.4%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
13.2%
Mainline Protestant
9.7%
Methodist
9.2%
Baptist
6.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.9%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

This mid-size Virginia metro blends the conservative tilt typical of rural Shenandoah communities with a modest moderating pull from Mary Baldwin University and a notable concentration of veterans tied to nearby installations.

The Democratic margin in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA peaked at forty-five points in 1912. By 1948 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $74,707 sits well below state and national norms, and 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/44420/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 69,362 votes cast, 24,235 went Democratic and 44,089 went Republican.
What is Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia voted Democratic was 1944.
How many people live in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia?
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia has a population of 126,822 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia?
Median household income in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia is $74,707 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.