Virginia

House Districts: 11
Voting Age Population
  2002:   5,535,000 
  2000:   5,263,000  
  1998:   5,165,000
  1990:   4,682,620
Redistricting, 2001-2002
  Monopoly (R) / VRA		 Presidential Vote  
  2000:   Gore 44, Bush 52, Nader 2
  1996:   Clinton 45, Dole 47, Perot 7  
  1992:   Clinton 41, Bush 45, Perot 14
U.S. House: 8 GOP, 3 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 0*
Facts in Focus:
  Virginia 1982 to 2002

 
How Virginia Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 48th
Margin of Victory:  46th
Landslide Index: 37th 		Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 10th
Representation Index: 40th
Voter Participation: 48th
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.
 

   

  2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 Democracy Index

34.6

��

 

 

 Voter Turnout

27.4%

 

 

 

 

 Representation Index

21.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

22.1%

 

 

 

 

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

11.5 / 34.1

 

 

 

 

 Drop-Off Voters

-1.8%

 

 

 

 

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

56.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

67-29-4

 

 

 

 

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

73-27-0

 

 

 

 Seat Changes

0

 

 

 

 

 High % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 

 Low % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 


1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 Democracy Index

��

��

28.8

39.8

24.8

 Voter Turnout

51%

38%

43%

22%

46%

 Representation Index

32.4%

26.6%

31%

17%

33.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

36%

31%

28%

24%

26%

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

46 / 22

36 / 17

29 / 24

19 / 15

13 / 40.6

 Drop-Off Voters

7.4%

7.2%

9%

NA

11.5%

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

30%

43%

47%

59%

50.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

48�49�3

57�39�4

51�47�2

47�45�8

46.7�43.7�9.4

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

36�64�0

45�55�0

45�55�0

45�54�0

55�36�9

 Seat Changes

��

1

0

0

2

 High % Turnout, District

��

50 (7)

57 (10)

35 (10)

67.4 (10)

 Low % Turnout, District

��

29 (6)

35 (3)

15 (3)

34.1 (3)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 U.S. House (R�D)

8-3*

 

 

 

 

 Landslide Index

100%

 

 

 

 

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

0

 

 

 

 

 Competitive: 5-10

0

 

 

 

 

 Comfortable: 10-20

0

 

 

 

 

 Landslide: 20-40

4

 

 

 

 

 No Contest: 40+

7

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested

6

 

 

 

 

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

11 / 11

 

 

 

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

11 / 11

 

 

 

 

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

11 / 11

 

 

 

 

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

8 / 8

 

 

 

 

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

3 / 3

 

 

 

 

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

9

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested Primary

9

 

 

 

 

 Elected Women

1

 

 

 

 

 Elected Minorities

1B

 

 

 

 
Results 1992-2000 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 U.S. House (R-D-O)

4�7

5�6

5�6

5�6

6�4�1

 Landslide Index

64%

64%

100%

100%

90.9%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

1

0

0

0

1

 Competitive: 5-10

0

2

0

0

0

 Comfortable: 10-20

3

2

0

0

0

 Landslide: 20-40

4

2

6

3

5

 No Contest: 40+

3

2

4

1

0

 Uncontested

0

3

1

7

5

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

8 / 11

11 / 11

10 / 11

11 / 11

9 / 11

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

8 / 8

10 / 11

10 / 10

11 / 11

9 / 9

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

5 / 8

7 / 11

10 / 10

11 / 11

9 / 9

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

2 / 3

4 / 4

5 / 5

5 / 5

4 / 4

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

3 / 5

3 / 7

5 / 5

6 / 6

4 / 4

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

5

5

7

11

8

 Uncontested Primary

Conv

4

NA

7

5

 Elected Women

1

0

0

0

1

 Elected Minorities

1B

1B

1B

1B

1B


 
 Results 1982-1990 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990
 U.S. House (R-D)

6�4

6�4

5�5

5�5

4�6

 Landslide Index

30%

50%

80%

90%

70%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

3

1

0

0

1

 Competitive: 5-10

2

1

1

0

1

 Comfortable: 10-20

2

3

1

1

1

 Landslide: 20-40

1

1

3

5

2

 No Contest: 40+

0

1

3

1

5

 Uncontested

2

3

2

3

0

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

8 / 10

9 / 10

8 / 10

10 / 10

10 / 10

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

6 / 8

9 / 9

8 / 8

10 / 10

9 / 10

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

3 / 8

5 / 9

7 / 8

9 / 10

7 / 10

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

2 / 7

3 / 5

4 / 5

5 / 5

1 / 4

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

1 / 1

2 / 4

3 / 3

4 / 5

6 / 6

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

3

2

4

7

6

 Uncontested Primary

Conv

2

2

Conv

Conv

 Elected Women

0

0

0

0

0

 Elected Minorities

0

0

0

0

0

 
* Virginia seat changes 2002:  In 2001, Randy Forbes (VA-4) won a special election in a  US House seat that had been held by a Democrat.  Also, Virgil Goode was elected in 2000 as an independent but ran and won as a Republican in 2002.
 
Facts in Focus for Virginia 1982 to 2002
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