Staunton-Stuarts Draft, 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
Year
Total registered
2016
77,742
2018
78,538
2020
84,983
2022
88,298
2024
92,834
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,409 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +9,680 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+347
2012
−396
2013
+697
2014
+295
2015
+551
2016
+602
2017
+945
2018
+862
2019
+524
2021
+676
2022
+917
2023
+880
2024
+1,371
2025
+1,409
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 61.7 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 28.6 points.
A population of 126,822, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,707 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL and Kalispell, MT.
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How did Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+28.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 69,362 votes cast, 24,235 went Democratic and 44,089 went Republican.
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 34 presidential elections in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
