Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic37.6%668TrumpRepublican60.6%1,076OtherAll other candidates1.9%33
R+23.0
Lead
408
Total
1,777
vs nation
R+21.5
BidenDemocratic37.9%622TrumpRepublican59.8%981OtherAll other candidates2.3%37
R+21.9
Lead
359
Total
1,640
vs nation
R+26.3
ClintonDemocratic31.1%427TrumpRepublican61.8%850OtherAll other candidates7.1%98
R+30.8
Lead
423
Total
1,375
vs nation
R+32.9
ObamaDemocratic37.3%510RomneyRepublican61.0%833OtherAll other candidates1.7%23
R+23.6
Lead
323
Total
1,366
vs nation
R+27.5
ObamaDemocratic43.1%541McCainRepublican55.6%698OtherAll other candidates1.3%16
R+12.5
Lead
157
Total
1,255
vs nation
R+19.8
KerryDemocratic34.0%361BushRepublican65.7%697OtherAll other candidates0.3%3
R+31.7
Lead
336
Total
1,061
vs nation
R+29.2
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+23.0MIT Election Lab
Population
3,1392024 5-year
Population density
1,495 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
2.1 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$120,7002024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
75.0%2024 5-year
Black
12.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.9%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin
R+31.7 in 2004MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2012–20246 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
76.7%1,783 participants ÷ 2,324 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+27.8 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+4.0 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
48.9%–57.1%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%100%
62.1%
53.6%
201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,783
2,324 ± 269
76.7%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,216
2,268 ± 244
53.6%
Audited
E/D
1,640
2,015 ± 212
81.4%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
1,150
1,851 ± 117
62.1%
Audited
E/A
1,375
1,870 ± 131
73.5%
Audited
E/A
1,366
1,586
86.1%
Derived
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Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
presidential history
Party record book
Lake Wilderness, VA · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
43.1%
541 votes · R+12.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 37.9%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
65.7%
697 votes · R+31.7
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 61.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
668votes
37.6% of the vote · R+23.0
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 622 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
1,076votes
60.6% of the vote · R+23.0
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 981 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
−19.8pts D vs U.S.
Place R+12.5 · U.S. D+7.3
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · −21.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+32.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.8 · U.S. D+2.1
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +29.2 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Lake Wilderness · 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. The figures below are Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the county containing Lake Wilderness — Lake Wilderness’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Lake Wilderness, 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.
Lake Wilderness sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 31.7 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.0 points.
A population of 3,139, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $120,700 describe the city.
In 2024, Lake Wilderness, Virginia voted Republican by 23.0 points (R+23.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,777 votes cast, 668 went Democratic and 1,076 went Republican.
How many people live in Lake Wilderness, Virginia?
Lake Wilderness, Virginia has a population of 3,139 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake Wilderness, Virginia?
Median household income in Lake Wilderness, Virginia is $120,700 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Lake Wilderness, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lake Wilderness, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
