Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
Year
Total registered
2016
115,265
2018
117,648
2020
119,307
2022
118,620
2024
122,611
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−231 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,746 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−303
2012
−299
2013
+494
2014
−302
2015
−700
2016
+290
2017
−492
2018
+651
2019
−217
2021
−237
2022
+50
2023
+92
2024
−542
2025
−231
The metro's electoral behavior is shaped by a large student and faculty population at Virginia Tech and Radford University, creating a competitive mix in an otherwise rural Appalachian region where margins have tightened in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 38.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 181,664, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,775 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morgantown, WV and Bloomington, IN.
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How did Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 90,309 votes cast, 36,909 went Democratic and 51,761 went Republican.
When did Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia?
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia has a population of 181,664 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia?
Median household income in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia is $67,775 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
