Smyth County, Virginia, elections, 2022
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Smyth County, Virginia, held elections for local offices in 2022. Click the links below to learn more:
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November 8, 2022 (General)
Voting information
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Demographics
| Demographic Data for Smyth County, Virginia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Smyth County | Virginia | |
| Population | 32,208 | 8,001,024 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 451 | 39,481 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 95.6% | 67.6% |
| Black/African American | 2.2% | 19.2% |
| Asian | 0.7% | 6.4% |
| Native American | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Two or more | 0.7% | 3.8% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2% | 9.4% |
| Bildung | ||
| High school graduation rate | 83.3% | 89.7% |
| College graduation rate | 14.6% | 38.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $40,932 | $74,222 |
| Persons below poverty level | 18.9% | 10.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential election results by county, 2012-2020
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 52.2% of Virginians lived in one of the state's 39 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 29.4% lived in one of 81 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Virginia was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Virginia following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.[1]
| Virginia county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Democratic | 39 | 52.2% | |||||
| Solid Republican | 81 | 29.4% | |||||
| New Democratic | 5 | 13.2% | |||||
| Battleground Democratic | 1 | 2.9% | |||||
| Trending Democratic | 1 | 1.2% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 6 | 1.1% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 46 | 69.5% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 87 | 30.5% | |||||
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See also
2022 Elections
- ↑ This analysis includes Virginia's 95 counties and 38 independent cities, which are treated as county-equivalents for census purposes.
