Lake of the Woods, VA · which candidate this place backed 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 this place is a single county: Orange County, Virginia. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Lake of the Woods, 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 Lake of the Woods, VA
Year
Total registered
2016
24,025
2018
24,709
2020
26,753
2022
28,284
2024
30,055
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+841 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +6,461 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lake of the Woods, VA in Lake of the Woods, VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+313
2012
+177
2013
+287
2014
+269
2015
+230
2016
+187
2017
+480
2018
+621
2019
+331
2021
+895
2022
+812
2023
+503
2024
+515
2025
+841
Lake of the Woods, VA sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 44.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.6 points.
A population of 37,822, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,008 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winchester, VA-WV and Kill Devil Hills, NC.
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How did Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia voted Republican by 24.6 points (R+24.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,353 votes cast, 8,274 went Democratic and 13,764 went Republican.
When did Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia?
Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia has a population of 37,822 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia?
Median household income in Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia is $94,008 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
