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Amherst County
Voted Republican in 2024 · 17,303 votes cast
About Amherst County
Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area, and its county seat is also named Amherst.
Read more on Wikipedia →Total Votes (2024)
17,303
Winner Margin
R+36.5
Turnout Change
+1.8%
2020→2024 Swing
R+4.9
2024 Presidential Results
All candidates · Amherst County, Virginia
Donald J Trump(Republican)
67.9%11,742
Won by 6,313 votes
Kamala D Harris(Democrat)
31.4%5,429
Chase Oliver(Libertarian)
0.4%68
Other(Other)
0.4%64
Margin History
Red = Republican, Blue = Democratic
2024R+36.5
2020R+31.6
2016R+30.3
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Swung Right in 2024
Amherst County shifted 4.9 points toward Republicans compared to 2020. Voter turnout increased by 1.8%.
What does Amherst County really think?
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Election data: MIT Election Data Science Lab, Harvard Dataverse (CC BY 4.0)