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State Senate District 11·Virginia

Virginia 11th State Senate District delivered D+25 in 2024 — Democratic for the long memory.

One of Virginia's most Republican-leaning state senate seats

20082024·5 elections
VA
Latest
D+25
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
213,156
2024 ACS

Virginia 11th State Senate District, Virginia: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+25%. Democratic peak: D+27 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+25MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
213,1562024 5-year
Median household income
$89,8812024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
73.5%2024 5-year
Black
11.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
6.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+27 in 2020MIT Election Lab
5 counties · 2 D · 3 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+24.7%
74,47744,651120,760
D
+26.8%
74,11742,319118,756
D
+21.4%
60,67438,059105,657
D
+14.5%
57,26642,542101,476
D
+19.5%
56,91438,17196,224

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.2%
German
12.6%
Irish
10.9%
American
6.6%
Italian
4.7%
Scottish
3.0%
French
1.6%
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.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.1%
speak English only
Spanish4.6%
Other Indo-European4.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.4%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
11.5%
Other Christian
10.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.3%
Mainline Protestant
6.3%
Methodist
4.2%
Non-Christian
2.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+51, this district anchors the deeply conservative rural southwestern corner of Virginia, where demographic homogeneity and long-standing partisan alignment make competitive general elections rare.

The Democratic margin in Virginia 11th State Senate District reached its widest at twenty-seven points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was twenty-five points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $89,881, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 213,156 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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State Senate District 11, Virginia — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/51011/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 11, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 11, Virginia voted Democratic by 24.7 points (D+25), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 120,760 votes cast, 74,477 went Democratic and 44,651 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 11, Virginia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 11, Virginia as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District 11, Virginia?
State Senate District 11, Virginia has a population of 213,156 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 11, Virginia?
Median household income in State Senate District 11, Virginia is $89,881 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of State Senate District 11, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 11, Virginia from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.